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Pair of sauceboats
Silver
Origin: London
Date: 1745-1746
19.7 cm and 19.3 cm length; 552 g and 564 g weight
Marks/Maker: London, sterling standard, 1745-6, maker's mark of William Grundy
Heraldry: Possibly arms of Rycroft
Provenance: Capt. H.D. Clark, sale, Sotheby's, 19 November 1953, lot 100
Presented by Jim and Christine Chance, 2005; WA2005.99.1; WA2005.99.2
T. Schroder (2009), no. 156
The casting pattern for the handle of this sauceboat is rare, even though its imagery would seem fitting to its function. In ancient mythology the cornucopia was an attribute of Ceres, goddess of agriculture and abundance and in later times, a symbol of hospitality.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
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