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Cream boat (© Grosvenor Museum)
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© Grosvenor Museum

Cream boat (© Grosvenor Museum)

Cream boat

Artist: William Smith (1810 - circa 1891)

Location: Grosvenor Museum

Date: 1869 - 1870

Materials: silver-gilt

Dimensions: 17 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £4,000)

Vendor: Partridge Fine Arts

Review number: 4959 (2001)

Provenance:
Clark Gammon; 2000 Partridge Fine Arts plc.

Description:
The body of the cream boat is formed from overlapping vine leaves individually cut and shaped from sheet silver. The handle is formed from entwined vine stems and tendrils while the foot is a domed vine leaf.

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