MARK ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE RIDOUT, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1750

Details

AN AMERICAN SILVER SAUCEBOAT
MARK ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE RIDOUT, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1750
oval, on three curved legs terminating in claw-and-ball feet, undulating rim, S-shaped scroll handle, the body engraved with monogram AS, marked four times under base (Yale 1970, mark 697)
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long over handle; 13 oz. (412 gr.)

Provenance

The Silver Shelf, Pennsylvania

Sale room notice

Please note this lot is no longer subject to a reserve

Lot Essay

George Ridout, trained in London, frequently used the English custom of striking the maker's mark four times. Other works marked in this fashion include a salver, circa 1750-65 and a pair of sweetmeat dishes, circa 1745-55 (see K. Buhler and G. Hood, American Silver: Garvan and other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery, 1970, vol. II, figs. 695 and 696, pp. 122 - 125).

More from Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver

View All