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Sauce boat; maker: 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; ornament: acanthus, volutes, palmettes; date: 1903–1904; place: Birmingham, England, Great Britain; vessel; height 11.5 cm, width 16 cm, depth 9.7 cm; weight 248 g., A reflective metal bowl with a scalloped rim sits on a smooth surface, supported by a group of slender, curved legs ending in flat, decorative feet; a thick, curved handle arches over the top and attaches to the body with rounded fittings, and the bowl's interior shows smooth, shiny metal with subtle surface marks and reflections. The object displays metallic silver tones with areas of darker gray patina and slight shadowing, set against a soft, light gray to off-white gradient background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A09_500

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

82.0Mo (720.9Ko) / 50.8cm x 40.4cm / 6000 x 4775 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sauce boat maker 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 ornament acanthus volutes palmettes date 1903–1904 place Birmingham England Great Britain vessel height 11.5 cm width 16 cm depth 9.7 cm weight 248 g reflective metal bowl scalloped rim sits smooth surface group slender curved legs ending flat decorative feet thick curved handle arches top attaches body rounded fittings bowl's interior smooth shiny metal subtle surface marks reflections object displays metallic silver tones areas darker gray patina slight shadowing set soft light gray off-white gradient background.