Lot Essay
A pair of similar sauceboats by the same maker, also 1784, is in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama (1973.3-.4).
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SILVER BY HESTER BATEMAN (LOTS 46-78)
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND LADLES
MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON, THE TUREENS 1784, THE LADLES 1780
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND LADLES
MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON, THE TUREENS 1784, THE LADLES 1780
Each boat-shaped, on spreading oval base applied with a beaded band, with two sweeping scroll side handles and beaded rim, engraved with a crest within an oval laurel cartouche, the high domed cover surmounted by a beaded baluster finial and engraved with the same crest, the ladles with similar beaded border, engraved with a monogram, marked under bases, on covers and ladles
The tureens 10 in. (25.3 cm.) long; 46 oz. (1,300 gr.) (4)
MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON, THE TUREENS 1784, THE LADLES 1780
Each boat-shaped, on spreading oval base applied with a beaded band, with two sweeping scroll side handles and beaded rim, engraved with a crest within an oval laurel cartouche, the high domed cover surmounted by a beaded baluster finial and engraved with the same crest, the ladles with similar beaded border, engraved with a monogram, marked under bases, on covers and ladles
The tureens 10 in. (25.3 cm.) long; 46 oz. (1,300 gr.) (4)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 28 April 1992, lot 199
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