Sauce boat
Simon Le Sage
Category
Silver
Date
1758 - 1759
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
14.9 x 23.2 x 11.4 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852122.2
Summary
One of four sauce boats, sterling silver, by Simon Le Sage, London, 1758/9. The oval body is raised and has a broad, beak-shaped pouring lip and a shaped rim with applied cast gadrooning. The boat rests on three cast scroll and wavy-shell feet with wavy-shell terminals against the body. The open double-scroll handle with leaf capping is cast. Heraldry: Beneath the pouring lip of the boat are engraved the quartered arms of the Hanoverian monarchs (pre-1801) within the Garter and beneath an imperial crown flanked by the initials G R.
Full description
For further detail see the master object entry.
Provenance
Jewel Office; allocated to George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1721-75) as Ambassador to Madrid 1758; discharged to Lord Bristol 9 April 1759; by descent to the 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951); accepted by the Treasury in lieu of death duties in 1956 and transferred to the National Trust.
Credit line
Ickworth, the Bristol Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Hallmarks: date letter ‘C’, leopard’s head, lion passant and maker’s mark ‘S∙L’ in italics with a cup above and mullet below (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London 1990, no. 2576). The marks are very worn. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘Nº 2 [/] 18 3’
Makers and roles
Simon Le Sage, goldsmith