Sauce label
Charles Rawlings
Category
Silver
Date
1821
Materials
Silver
Measurements
15 x 26 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609361
Summary
Curved octagonal silver sauce label with reeded border and engraved with 'HARVEY'. Plain belcher chain attached by two rings. Maker's mark, possibly for Charles Rawlings, London 1821. Harvey Sauce was a brand of soy-based sauce first commercialised in the late 1700s which became very popular from 1850 to 1900. Recipes for the sauce were given in cookery books throughout the 1800s, and it is included in Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management where the recipe for Harvey Sauce includes malt vinegar, walnut ketchup, soy, cayenne, garlic and sliced shallots.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Lion Passant standard mark; Sovereign's Head duty mark; 'f' date letter; London Assay Office mark; 'CR' maker's mark.
Makers and roles
Charles Rawlings, maker