Pair of Sauceboats
1840-60 (made)
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‘The market is now flooded with plain and fluted plate (of Queen Anne of the earlier Georges), which is made to all appearances, both home and abroad, and bought hither by the wagon load.’ (William Cripps, 'Old English Plate', 1878).
Once collecting silver became fashionable and hallmarks had been de-coded (in the 1850s), a flood of fake antique silver with spurious marks caused problems for dealers, collectors and the Goldsmiths’ Company. This sauceboat was made in the 19th century, in the fashionable revived Rococo style of the 18th century. We do not know if it was made as a fake, but at some point, the hallmarks from a piece of silver of 1727-8 with the mark of goldsmith Edward Vincent were cut out and inserted into the base to deceive the purchaser.
Once collecting silver became fashionable and hallmarks had been de-coded (in the 1850s), a flood of fake antique silver with spurious marks caused problems for dealers, collectors and the Goldsmiths’ Company. This sauceboat was made in the 19th century, in the fashionable revived Rococo style of the 18th century. We do not know if it was made as a fake, but at some point, the hallmarks from a piece of silver of 1727-8 with the mark of goldsmith Edward Vincent were cut out and inserted into the base to deceive the purchaser.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and embossed |
| Brief description | Silver sauceboat with transposed marks for London, 1840-60. Mark of Edward Vincent. |
| Physical description | Pair of sauceboats decorated with repousse ornament of flowers and embossed cartouches in the style of the Rococo revival of the mid 19th century. Between the oval foot and the base of the jug an oval disk of silver has been fitted with genuine hallmarks for the London silversmith, Edward Vincent and the date letter for 1727-8. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Marks of Edward Vincent, London 1727-8 (Transposed marks) |
| Summary | ‘The market is now flooded with plain and fluted plate (of Queen Anne of the earlier Georges), which is made to all appearances, both home and abroad, and bought hither by the wagon load.’ (William Cripps, 'Old English Plate', 1878). Once collecting silver became fashionable and hallmarks had been de-coded (in the 1850s), a flood of fake antique silver with spurious marks caused problems for dealers, collectors and the Goldsmiths’ Company. This sauceboat was made in the 19th century, in the fashionable revived Rococo style of the 18th century. We do not know if it was made as a fake, but at some point, the hallmarks from a piece of silver of 1727-8 with the mark of goldsmith Edward Vincent were cut out and inserted into the base to deceive the purchaser. |
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| Accession number | M.86-1934 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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