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Sauce-boat
Adam, Robert (1728-92)
Sauceboat, silver, oval, standing on a spreading stepped and gadrooned foot, the spool-shaped stem with a guilloche band round the middle and gadrooned at the top, the bowl gadrooned round its lower part and with a guilloche border below the out-turned horizontal rim, the rim with an egg-and-dart border running round the edge and the edge of the pouring spout, within this an oval beaded band that bridges the spout, the handle in the form of two ribbon-tied twisted and scrolled vine leaves, engraved on one side the arms of Williams-Wynn impaling Grenville within a simple husk cartouche.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51646
Creation/Production
Carter, John
Adam, Robert
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of NACF, 12/6/2007
Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.8
Length
(cm): 22.1
Depth
(cm): 14
Height
(in): 5
Length
(in): 8
Depth
(in): 5
Weight
(gr): 691.9
Weight
(troy): 22
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
embossed
decoration
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
sterling silver
Location
Gallery 04 : Case 02
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