Sauceboat
Series TitleNapoleonic Campaign Silver Service
Artist
Jean-Charles Cahier
(French, 1772 - after 1849)
Date1819
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 × 10 × 6 inches (24.77 × 25.4 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Dan Gerber Sr.
Object number76-34/3
MarkingsArms of Dambray of Normandy. (See accession file for more information.) On boat, near handle - one horizontal and one round punch, both illegible; at base of boat - circular mark with profile facing right; underside of stand - oval punch with classical head of woman (dated after 1783), diamond punch with letters LL, fleur de lis and star, octagonal punch with rooster (Paris, 1st standard mark, 1819); on stand - below anthemion border, circular mark with profile and smaller illegible mark.
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DescriptionOval sauce boat with attached stand. Handle ends in floral motif. Anthemion border on rim of boat, base of boat and stand. Stand rests on four round feet. Coat-of-arms on boat and also on stand, consisting of a sheild bearing lion and three towers, crossed scepters behind shield, drapery. Not an original part of the silver service. Marks indicate could be as late as 1819.
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