Sauce boat
Category
Silver
Date
1740
Materials
Silver
Measurements
210 mm (H); 110 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151466.1
Summary
Jug; Sauce boat - One of a pair of George II large sauce boats, each on three lion's mask-and-paw feet, with shaped, lobed bodies and rising scroll handles terminating in eagles' heads, engraved c.1775 with the arms of Yorke impaling Cust, within floral wreaths. Maker's mark indistinct, 1740.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973