John Henry Vere & William Lutwyche
Pair of Sauce Boats

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ArtistPossibly John Henry Vere & William Lutwyche(English, active 1762–1766)English, active 1762–1766

CultureEnglish

Titles

Pair of Sauce Boats

Date1763

PlaceLondon, England

MediumSilver

Dimensions.1: 6 1/2 × 9 1/8 × 5 in. (16.5 × 23.1 × 12.7 cm)
.2: 6 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (17.1 × 23.5 × 11.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline Wiess Law

Object number2004.1365.1,.2

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceCaroline Wiess Law; bequeathed to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 17 September 2011 - 29 January 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

There is an engraved coat of arms under the spout of each sauceboat with the motto "Halcyonea Tempora Vidit"

Stamped underside: Gothic "H" in a square with nipped corners and cleft underside / Smiling leopard in a shield / Lion passant, facing left but looking at viewer / in a cloverleaf pattern: "I / L / W / V"--[refer to Grimwade pattern #3908, pp. 276-277: "not traced sauce tureens 1764. also coffee-pot 1762 ? John Vere and William Lutwyche. Cf. Heal, p. 260"]

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