Sauce Boat

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 167

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Jacob Hurd

Title

Sauce Boat

Place

Boston (Object made in)

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c. 1745

Medium

Silver

Inscriptions

Marked on bottom, in rectangle: HURD Engraved on one side of body: a Saracen’s head wreathed with a ribbon couped at the shoulders

Dimensions

11.1 × 20.3 × 11.1 cm (4 3/8 × 8 × 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1954.134

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