Date: 1825
Maker: William Brown
Country: England
Stock: 9828
A very useful little antique silver jug with a band of flower and foliate decoration all round. Suitable as a small sauceboat.
Weight 79 grams, 2.5 troy ounces.
Height 4cm. Length 11.5cm. Width 7cm.
London 1825.
Maker William Brown.
Literature. The antique silver pap boat was originally used as a shallow feeding dish for a child or invalid. These appeared circa 1710 and fell out of manufacture about 120 years later. With their smooth elegant shape, they make ideal servers for sauce.
The little serving boat is in very good condition. Stamped with a full set of English silver hallmarks. The makers mark is a little rubbed but still visible.