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Pap Boat

1813-1814 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sambrook, James (maker)
Snatt, Josiah (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

A pap boat or child's feeding bowl was a form found in silver from about 1710 to 1830. Pap consisted of bread or flour, sugar and water or milk mixed to a tacky consistency.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Eating
Object type
Pap boat
Materials and techniques
Silver parcel gilt, raised applied and gadrooned rim, shell and oak border
Silver
Gold
Raising
Soldering
Amalgam Gilding
Brief description
Silver, London hallmarks for 1813-14, mark of James Sambrook or Josiah Snatt
Physical description
Silver parcel gilt, raised applied and gadrooned rim, shell and oak border
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.75cm
  • Length: 7.5cm
  • Weight: 79.2g
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1813-14
  • On back of boat: mark JS for James Sambrook or Josiah Snatt
Gallery label
PAP BOAT (CHILD'S FEEDING BOWL) Parcel-gilt London 1813-14 Mark JS for James Sambrook or Josiah Snatt A pap boat or child's feeding bowl was a form found in silver from about 1710 to 1830. Pap consisted of bread or flour, sugar and water or milk mixed to a tacky consistency. Miss D.B. Simpson Bequest(2000)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss D.B. Simpson
Object history
Acquisition RF: 77 / 2
Bequest - Miss D B Simpson
A pap boat or child's feeding bowl was a form found in silver from about 1710 to 1830. Pap consisted of bread or flour, sugar and water or milk mixed to a tacky consistency.
Subjects depicted
Gadroons
Shell
Oak
Summary
A pap boat or child's feeding bowl was a form found in silver from about 1710 to 1830. Pap consisted of bread or flour, sugar and water or milk mixed to a tacky consistency.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.197-1977

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
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