Lot 264: A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV SILVER SAUCE BOATS, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1831

A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV SILVER SAUCE BOATS, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1831 in mid-18th Century style, each with heavily cast and chased with floral ornament and rocaille, engraved with a crest, leaf-capped scroll handle 21.5cm, 8 1/2 in long 1452gr, 46oz 12dwt

The bodies of these sauceboats are identical to a set of four with dragon handles by the same maker sold in these rooms on 17 November 1988, lot 176. The form derives from an 18th Century precursor sold Sotheby's, London, 20 March 1972, lot 149 bearing the marks Charles Kandler, London, 1742. For example see: Vanessa Brett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, London, 1986, p.196, no.831.