English William Skeen George III Sterling Silver Sauce Boat chinese furniture Width 6 Depth 10 Height

Width 6 Depth 10 Height 26 inches

(Translation: This retablo is gilded by the painter Antonio Lourenco Fer

executed in scroll and opposing urn shapes

museum catalogue

trinket or table snuff box

English William Skeen George III Sterling Silver Sauce Boat chinese furniture Width 6 Depth 10 HeightDETAILS An antique, Georgian period sterling silver gravy or sauce boat of oval bombe form with a large spout, scalloped rim and single flying C scroll handle, raised on three feet headed by shells. STYLE Georgian PLACE OF ORIGIN United Kingdom MAKER William Skeen (London, England, 1755 c. 1780) MARKS Hallmarked: g (date letter), crowned leopard (London), lion passant (standard), SM (maker's mark) MONOGRAM INSCRIPTION No monogram WEIGHT 215. 3 grams