Sauceboat
date: label: date made
content: 1753
notes: label: Description
content: Raised ovoid sauceboat with flared curvilinear rim and wide pouring lip on three cast scroll legs attached to 7-lobed shells on body and terminating in matching shell feet; double C-curve handle has an open-ended, waterleaf upper terminal and split bud lower terminal. Body is engraved on one side "TMF" in conjoined script to right of a crest depicting a bird of prey standing with wings displayed on a heraldic wreath, and on opposite side with crest of a collared owl on a heraldic wreath. Bottom underside struck with four hallmarks: a crowned leopard's head, left-facing lion passant, and London date letter, all in scalloped shields, and the raised calligraphic letters "JS" in an oval. No centerpunch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Armorial Devices
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Blanche Elliot King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.308963.0002
label: catalog number
content: 308963.0002
label: accession number
content: 308963
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sauceboat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 19.685 cm x 10.4775 cm