ECS-S.25:2-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.25:2-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Keate Sauce Boat
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
One of a pair of Sauce Boats
Comments
One of a pair of Sauce Boats, with 25.1
Other number
25B
Description
Dimensions
length (actual size): 200mm
width (actual size): 107mm
height (actual size): 120mm
width (actual size): 107mm
height (actual size): 120mm
Dimension note
204mm wide including handles
Inscription
Engraved wtih arms of Keate impaling Browne.
Inscription: VIVO REVERENDO/
JOHANNI KEATE S.T.P./
QUO DUCE ET MAGISTRO/
PER XXV FERE ANNOS/
FLORUIT ETONA/
GRATI AC MEMORES DISCIPULI/
A.D. MDCCCXXXVI
Inscription: VIVO REVERENDO/
JOHANNI KEATE S.T.P./
QUO DUCE ET MAGISTRO/
PER XXV FERE ANNOS/
FLORUIT ETONA/
GRATI AC MEMORES DISCIPULI/
A.D. MDCCCXXXVI
Inscription description
Leopard's head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1748-1749
Maker's mark: Thomas Rush
Scratch weight: 28oz 1 dwt
Lion passant
Date mark: 1748-1749
Maker's mark: Thomas Rush
Scratch weight: 28oz 1 dwt
Material
silver
Physical description
One of a pair of sauce boats. Plain with scalloped rim and single double-scrolled handle, leaf thumb piece and on three hoof feet.
Engraved with the arms of Keate impaling Browne.
Engraved with the arms of Keate impaling Browne.
Production
Person
Rush, Thomas (Silversmith)
Date
1748-1749
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Gifted to Rev. John Keate (1773-1852) in 1836;; sold through Christies, London, 1 December 1936; from which sale purchased by Sir John Henry Brunel Noble; by whom presented to Eton College in 1937
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.18 )
