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Sauceboat, Stand and Ladle
Marked by: Nicholas Sprimont (born in Liege, France, active in London) (1716–1771)
English (London)
1746–47
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (sauceboat): 15.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm (6 1/4 x 8 x 4 in.)
Other (stand): 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Other (ladle): 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Other (stand): 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Other (ladle): 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.68.2a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a pair (with 2001.68.2a-b). Body in the form of a shell, with alternating polished flutes and others ornamented with cast shells and seaweed. Scroll handle in the form of double entrwined serpents. Stands on a shaped oval base cast and chased with similar flutes and shellwork. Engraved under the lip with an earl's armorials.
Marks
The sauce boat and ladle unmarked; the stand struck underneath with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter) and with maker's mark; the stand also numbered 2 and 3
InscriptionsSauceboat engraved with the arms of Watson quartering those of Wentworth and impaling those of Finch, as borne by Thomas Watson (b. 1693 - d. 1750) as Marquess of Rockingham (so created in 1746). The stands and ladles engraved with the crest and coronet of Thomas Watson as Earl of Malton (so created in 1734).
ProvenanceAbout 1745-1747, Thomas Watson-Wentworth (b. 1693 - d. 1750), Earl of Malton and 1st Marquess of Rockingham (original commission) [see note 1]; until 1948, by descent within the family, to William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam (b. 1910 - d. 1948), 8th Earl FitzWilliam; June 9, 1948, FitzWilliam sale, Christie's, London, part of lot 81 or 82. By 1958, Sigmund J. Katz (b. 1897 - d. 1958), New Orleans; 1958, by inheritance to Jessie W. (Mrs. Sigmund J.) Katz (b. 1901 - d. 1988), New Orleans; 1971, gift of Mrs. Katz to the MFA [see note 2]; December 20, 1989, deaccessioned by the MFA; April 27, 1990, MFA and others sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 405, probably to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2001)
NOTES:
[1] Engraved with his arms and an Earl's coronet, the sauceboats and ladles were probably supplied to Thomas Watson-Wentworth before he was created Marquess of Rockingham on April 19, 1746. The stands, which bear his full armorials, were evidently supplied after this date.
[2] The sauceboat, stand, and ladle were accessioned on December 28, 1971 (former MFA accession nos. 1971.775, 1971.778, and 1971.779).
NOTES:
[1] Engraved with his arms and an Earl's coronet, the sauceboats and ladles were probably supplied to Thomas Watson-Wentworth before he was created Marquess of Rockingham on April 19, 1746. The stands, which bear his full armorials, were evidently supplied after this date.
[2] The sauceboat, stand, and ladle were accessioned on December 28, 1971 (former MFA accession nos. 1971.775, 1971.778, and 1971.779).