A SILVER SAUCEBOAT

POSSIBLY AMERICAN, CIRCA 1760

细节

A SILVER SAUCEBOAT
POSSIBLY AMERICAN, CIRCA 1760
Oval, on three hoof feet with foliate joins, the body engraved with rocaille, with a leaf-capped double scroll handle, with a reeded rim, the cartouches engraved with a coat-of-arms on one side and a crest on the other, also with script monogram BPB, circa 1780; apparently unmarked
7½ in. long over handle; 12 oz. 10 dwt.

拍品专文

The arms are those of Simpson, as borne by John Simpson of Boston, and appearing on a silver flagon he gave to the Old South Church in 1764. The arms were also used by Simpson families in Scotland.

The flagon bearing these arms was made by Samuel Minott, and the arms are illustrated in A.E. Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, p. 56 (also cited in Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths, 1998, p.693).