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Sauce Tureen

1791-1792 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The sauce tureen was a type of tureen, similar to but smaller than a soup tureen for serving sauce or hot gravy and first made its appearance in silver during the reign of George I. The bowl is usually of oval or canoe shape, having at each end a curved loop handle rising above the rim and with a domed cover with a finial, sometimes in the form of a lifting ring.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, with fluting and engraving
Brief description
Silver, English
Physical description
One of a pair. Silver, oval, urn shaped body with reeded handles and cover with urn shaped knob. Fluting on the upper part of the cover, lower part of the body and around the foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Maximum width: 22.4cm
  • Depth: 9.75cm
  • Body weight: 499.7g
  • Body weight: 16.07troy
  • Cover weight: 138.2g
  • Cover weight: 1.44troy
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark of Henry Chawner
  • London hallmarks for 1791-2
  • Engraved with an unidentified coat of arms and crest
Gallery label
SAUCE TUREEN London, 1791-2 Mark of Henry Chawner Engraved with unidentified arms and crest Lady Henriques Bequest M.79A:1-2-1953
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Henriques
Object history
Bequest - Lady Henriques
Acquisition RF: 53 / 986
Subject depicted
Summary
The sauce tureen was a type of tureen, similar to but smaller than a soup tureen for serving sauce or hot gravy and first made its appearance in silver during the reign of George I. The bowl is usually of oval or canoe shape, having at each end a curved loop handle rising above the rim and with a domed cover with a finial, sometimes in the form of a lifting ring.
Collection
Accession number
M.79-1953

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2004
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