Caption

Sauce boat, by Henry Matthews fl. 1893–ca. 1930, 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. 1903–1904. Birmingham, England. Materials: silver. Dimensions: height 11.5 cm, width 16 cm, depth 9.7 cm; weight 248 g., A silver-colored metal sauce boat with a curved spout and an ornate scroll handle sits on a pale neutral background; the interior and exterior surfaces are reflective with visible dents and subtle surface variations, and the vessel rests on a few decorative feet with shell-like motifs, showing tones of silver and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_002

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Rights managed

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70.9Mb (627.6Kb) / 17.9in x 15.4in / 5371 x 4613 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sauce boat Henry Matthews fl 1893–ca 1930 hemispherical silver sauce boat elongated wide spout irregularly cut rim supported three palmette feet volute handle profiled decorated acanthus leaf 1903–1904 Birmingham England Materials silver Dimensions height 11.5 cm width 16 cm depth 9.7 cm weight 248 g silver-colored metal sauce boat curved spout ornate scroll handle sits pale neutral background interior exterior surfaces reflective visible dents subtle surface variations vessel rests decorative feet shell- motifs showing tones gray.