Caption

Sauce boat, by Henry Matthews fl. 1893–ca. 1930, goldsmith; hemispherical silver sauce boat with an elongated wide spout and irregularly cut rim, supported by three palmette feet; volute handle, profiled and decorated with an acanthus leaf; decorated with acanthus, volutes, and palmettes; dated 1903–1904; Birmingham, England, Great Britain; vessel; height 11.5 cm, width 16 cm, depth 9.7 cm, weight 248 g., A silver-colored metal pitcher with a curved spout and an ornate scrolling handle sits on a plain light-gray background; the pitcher has a rounded body with a wavy rim and a slightly dimpled interior showing reflective highlights, and it stands on a group of decorative claw-like feet with shell-shaped bases that share the same silver color.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_001

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70.9Mb (549.2Kb) / 17.9in x 15.4in / 5371 x 4613 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sauce boat Henry Matthews fl 1893–ca 1930 goldsmith hemispherical silver sauce boat elongated wide spout irregularly cut rim supported three palmette feet volute handle profiled decorated acanthus leaf acanthus volutes palmettes dated 1903–1904 Birmingham England Great Britain vessel height 11.5 cm width 16 cm depth 9.7 cm weight 248 g silver-colored metal pitcher curved spout ornate scrolling handle sits plain light-gray background pitcher rounded body wavy rim slightly dimpled interior showing reflective highlights stands group decorative claw- feet shell-shaped bases share silver color.