Sauce Boat
Around 1780 (made)
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This sauce tureen was used for serving sauce or hot gravy. Silver versions first appeared during the reign of George I (ruled 1714-1727). They were usually shaped like the piece you see here. The bowl was oval, with curved loop end handles and a domed cover with a finial, sometimes in the form of a lifting ring.
This sauce tureen is made of Sheffield plate, a thin layer of silver fused to a copper core. Sheffield plate originated in 1742. A Sheffield cutler, Thomas Boulsover (1704-88), discovered that unequal quantities of silver and copper could be fused by heating under pressure, rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until superseded by electroplating in the 1840s.
This sauce tureen is made of Sheffield plate, a thin layer of silver fused to a copper core. Sheffield plate originated in 1742. A Sheffield cutler, Thomas Boulsover (1704-88), discovered that unequal quantities of silver and copper could be fused by heating under pressure, rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until superseded by electroplating in the 1840s.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Sheffield plate |
| Brief description | Sauce boat, Sheffield plate, around 1780, England |
| Physical description | Oval boat shape with gadrooned edge and rising handles at the ends, oblong rectangular feet; the cover is surmounted by an angular handle terminating in foliage. Engraved with a crest and the initials IAT. Marked SILVER-EDG'D. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Gallery label | BADA 2004 Exhibition label:
SAUCE BOAT
Sheffield Plate, England, around 1780
The flatter, plainer surfaces of Adam style silver of the 1780s were much easier for the Sheffield Plate manufacturers to imitate than the more three-dimensional productions of the 1760s. Powerful rolling mills allied with innovative design solutions ensured the factories could economise with thinner veneers of silver. This tureen is marked 'SILVER EDG'D', a common practice in which a silver border was used to cover a sharp edge which might show the copper core.
M.314-1912(March 2004) |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | This sauce tureen was used for serving sauce or hot gravy. Silver versions first appeared during the reign of George I (ruled 1714-1727). They were usually shaped like the piece you see here. The bowl was oval, with curved loop end handles and a domed cover with a finial, sometimes in the form of a lifting ring. This sauce tureen is made of Sheffield plate, a thin layer of silver fused to a copper core. Sheffield plate originated in 1742. A Sheffield cutler, Thomas Boulsover (1704-88), discovered that unequal quantities of silver and copper could be fused by heating under pressure, rolled into sheets of laminated metal and worked like silver. The Sheffield plate industry flourished for approximately one hundred years until superseded by electroplating in the 1840s. |
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| Accession number | M.314-1912 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2002 |
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