Pair of Sauceboats

Dateca. 1760

Maker Thomas Hammersley (1727 - 1781)

MediumSilver

Dimensions1) OH: 4 1/2; OW: 4 5/16" (across rear feet); OL: 8 1/4" (including handle) 2)OH: 4 1/2; OW: 4 " (across rear feet); OL: 8 1/4" (including handle)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Abdullah, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Best, Mrs. Barbara J. Bilderback, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burgoon, Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Circeo, Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Croasdaile, Jr., Drake Family Foundation, Mrs. Mary Jane R. Fenn, Mr. Bruce Grissom and Mr. Robert F. Grossman, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Gusler, Mr. Rick Hall, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Kerester, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Laabs, Mr. and Mrs. Curt V. Langenhan, Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. McNamara, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. McRitchie, Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Morgan, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Munzel, National Office Systems, Inc., Ms. Vanessa R. Parker, Ms. Melissa Katz and Mr. John Paolo Pepe, Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Pierce, Mr. George F. Rice, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. George F. Rice, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ridinger, III, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Skutans, Mr. and Mrs. W. Dean Trautman, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall H. Ulf, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wilharm, Sr., and Mrs. Ann B. Williamson in memory of Edward B. Stvan

Object number2010-59,1&2

DescriptionSauceboat. Pair of silver sauceboats of oval form, each with a large protruding lip with applied gadroon rim and a double scroll, leaf-capped handle, all on three shell feet with shell knees.

InscribedEngraved in block letters on bottom of each "B" over "W*C" for William and Catherine Beekman.
MarkingsMarked in relief on bottom of each "TH" in semiscript within a rectangle. Both marks quite worn.
ProvenanceDescended in the Beekman family of New York:

Dr. William Beekman (1684-1770), to his son James Beekman (1732-1807), to his daughter Cornelia Beekman (1770-1847) m. Isaac Beekman Cox (1780-1846), to their daugheter Catherine Mary Cox (1826-1871), m. Jacob Glen Sanders (1789-1867), to their son Jacob Glen Sanders (b. 1850) m. Jane Ten Eyck, to their daughter Katherine Mary Sanders (b. 1881) m. Sheafe Coffin Rose, to their son George Rose (b. 1907).