Silver Sauce Boat, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, circa Late 18th Century

Pair of sauceboats "cup shapped" strongly influenced by contemporary French and English silverware. Both the handles and decorative motifs (vegetal elements, birds holding laurel gar...

Scribe with three inkwells. Silver. Real Martínez silver factory, Madrid, 1845. With contrast marks. Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray with raised and op...

Scribe with four inkwells and bell. Silver. Madrid, Silversmiths Martínez, 1819. With contrast marks. Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray (raised on four...

Snuffers with cover. Silver. Real Fábrica de Platería Martínez, Madrid, 1846. With contrast markings. Scissors to cut the wick of candles, known as snuffers, made of silver in thei...

Jug or jug. Silver. DE SAN FAURÍ, Juan (1745-1785). Spain, Madrid, towards the last third of the 18th century. With contrast and burilada marks, and property name (Ochoa). The jug has an oval base with slight curves and a body divided into two areas (wider in the lower half, slightly concave in the upper half) with a series of curved “gajos”; the peak shows simple architectural decoration and smooth areas; the handle is of a type known as brace, with classicist architectural elements; the lid follows the lines of the body and is finished off with a vegetable shape creating a knob. On one of the sides, towards the foot, there is the engraved text "Ochoa", referring to a former owner. Contrasting marks place the creation of the piece in Madrid. Another one that appears could be one of those used by the silversmith Juan de San Faurí. With Felipe V, numerous French influences, along with some Italian ones, came to silverware, both from the hand of craftsmen of these origins and from pieces. Little marking continues in the works, except in important centers such as Madrid, and civil typologies acquired great importance. As in the rest of the country, the Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical tendencies coexisted at the Court, although, being the center that set the standard for the rest, the former soon departed, introducing Rococo before 1740 or on that date, and Neoclassicism around 1770 (gradually imposing itself from 1780). The jug follows the most common prototype since the arrival of the Bourbons, characterized by its European influence and the great difference it shows with the type known as the “spout jug”. Compare with the Francisco García...

Cup with tray. Silver. Royal Silver Factory of Antonio Martínez. Madrid, Spain, 1830s. Model cataloged in "National Heritage Silverware Catalog", page 254, With contrast markings. Circular dish or tray with fluted molding towards the rim and plain skirt and bottom; In the center of the bottom there is a support decorated with a grooved band and a smooth base in which the cup is fitted by means of a special piece. The cup or vase has a circular base with a base and a body with a concave striated surface; ribbed ovoid belly and two handles in the form of female masks finished off in avenerated shapes; the neck is concave and has a smooth surface. The lid has a fluted edge matching the tray and a smooth area, ending in the center with a convex veined finish with a butterfly on a flower on top. The contrasting marks present place us in the manufacture of the Game in Madrid (with the date partially visible), in the Royal Silver Factory of Antonio Martínez. The Real Fábrica de Plataría de Martínez was founded in 1778, and meant the introduction in Spain of the industrial manufacturing method in the field of silver work and the neoclassical aesthetics in Spanish silverware...

This pair of very beautiful porcelain sauce boats were handmade at the end of the 18th Century in Italy by Richard Ginori. They were hand painted with the most iconic decor of Richard Ginori: the Tulip decor in red. Nowadays the pieces with this kind of drawings are most required by the collectors and have an higher rating. These elegant pieces can be used to lay an elegant table or can be part of a worth collection. Every sauce boat is composed by 3 pieces: little plate tray, the sauce boat and the little spoon...

Pretty antique silver gravy boat on three legs with hand-chased fluting to the body. This late Victorian sauce boat features a cast leaf-cap ...

Sterling silver gravy/sauce boat, with attached tray.

This vintage early 20th century ornamental 800 silver sauce boat is beautifully designed by the German silversmith, Lazarus Posen. This exceptionally crafted silver sauce boat is des...

Deeply engraved and highly chased plumage, the neck fully arched to form a handle. Apparently unmarked, but tested for sterling.

Silver plated sauce boat with a wooden handle by Lino Sabattini.