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MakerAmerican, 1758–1820, active c. 1780–1816
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sauceboat
Datec. 1780
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions6 3/8 × 7 5/8 × 3 13/16 in. (16.2 × 19.3 × 9.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Toni and Ralph Wallingford Endowment
Object numberB.2025.5
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceSerge Matveyuk; purchased by Adam Goodheart, Centreville, Maryland; purchased by MFAH, 2025.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Initials engraved on face: RM
Marked on bottom with a fleur-de-lis–like character and, in script letters within a conforming stamp: J. Lownes

Marked under spout, in script letters within a conforming stamp: J. Lownes

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Coffeepot
Joseph Lownes
c. 1790–1800
Silver and wood
B.61.11.1
Sugar Bowl
Joseph Lownes
c. 1790–1800
Silver
B.61.11.2.A,.B
Slop Bowl
Joseph Lownes
c. 1790–1800
Silver
B.61.11.3
Tankard
Joseph Lownes
c. 1798
Silver
B.2015.21
Sauceboat
Thomas Fletcher
c. 1830
Silver
B.2021.10
Sauceboat
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
c. 1860–1875
Silver
B.97.33
Sauceboat
William Ball
c. 1755–1765
Silver
B.2001.28
scan from file photograph
Joseph Rafel
c. 1852–1861
Silver
B.87.3.1
scan from file photograph
Joseph Rafel
c. 1852–1861
Silver
B.87.3.2
Porringer
Joseph Richardson, Sr.
c. 1732–1750
Silver
B.58.155
scan from file photograph
Joseph Shoemaker
c. 1793–1829
Silver
B.82.25
Joseph Lownes