Object Description
A handsome pair of antique silver sauceboats with typical classic shape and plain styling of the period. Large size and good weight. Hand engraved crest to the front. Each has a Latin inscription engraved to the underside, dated 1756, in old fashioned script.
Total weight 874 grams, 28.1 troy ounces.
Spread 22 cm. Height 13.9 cm (to top of handle).
London 1755.
Maker William Grundy.
Sterling silver.
WILLIAM GRUNDY
William Grundy, apprenticed to Edward Vincent 1731, free 1739. 1st mark entered 1743, 2nd mark (2 sizes) 1748, 3rd mark 1748. Livery 1750. 4th mark 1777. 5th mark in partnership with Edward Fernell 1779. Died circa 1780.