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Sauceboat

Benjamin Burt (American, 1729–1805)

about 1760

Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueSilver

Dimensions20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts

Accession number39.229

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBuhler Entry: Richard Derby, m. Mary Hodges, 1734; their son Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799), m. Elizabeth Crowninshield; their daughter Elizabeth, m. Nathaniel West and was divorced, resuming her maiden name; descended in the family to Mrs. William P. Derby, from whom it was bought.