Sauce boat

Description

Silver sauce boat of oval form, set on a stepped pedestal foot with everted rim and cast double C-scroll handle, body engraved with crest and motto for the Earl of Stanhope, by David Downie, Edinburgh, 1783 - 1784

Museum reference

K.2004.206

Object name

Sauce boat

Production information

Downie, David, c. 1736 - 1816, Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1783 - 1784

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Oval form, set on a stepped pedestal foot with shaped everted rim and cast double 'C' scroll handle

Associations

Previous owner: Earl of Stanhope