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Regency Silver Sauce Boat - Emes & Barnard
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Reference: S1857
Period: George IV
Year: 1820
Silversmith: Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I
Place: London
Price: $ 400.00
Weight: 338 grams
Dimensions: 19 cm * 10.5 cm, height 12.5 cm
Condition: Very good, 2 slight dents in interior aligned with back feet.
Description: A Regency silver sauce boat, by the highly respected firm of Emes and Barnard. The sauce boat is the traditional shape, with leaf capped flying scroll handle, 3 shell and hoof feet, and heavy cast gadroon border. The boat is a generous size and weight, over 330 grammes, this is a good quality sauce boat, as you would expect from these makers. The boat has a lovely engraved family crest, a church with spire, with crosses on the roof and spire. The hallmarks are very clear, including makers mark RE over EB and date letter e for 1820. Rebecca Emes was married to John Emes, who was in partnership with the Chawners, he died in 1808 and Rebecca became a partner. Edward Barnard rose from workshop manager to full partner, also in 1808. Emes and Barnard was one of the most successful London silver businesses in its day, they supplied many leading retailers, including Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Barnard was joined by his 3 sons, Culme describes Edward Barnard & Sons as an important firm, the oldest manufacturing silversmiths in the world (Gold & Silversmiths pg 29), they still produce silver today.
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Regency silver sauce boat - Emes & Barnard
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Engraved Church on regency silver sauce boat
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Regency sterling silver gravy boat
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Hoof foot, sterling silver sauce boat
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Flying leaf capped scroll handle - sterling silver sauce boat
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Gadrooned silver border - rope twist
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Georgian silver sauce boat - hallmarks
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Rebecca Emes, Edward Barnard I - georgian silver hallmarks
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Regency silver sauce boat - Emes & Barnard - scale
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