Object Detail
Description
sauce boat / cream or milk jug, the body with scroll handle chased with the figure of a milkmaid amidst landscape below the punched rim, raised on cabriole legs with leaf decorated knees and hoof feet
Maker and role
silversmith: Matthew West (Irish, b.1747, d.1806)
Production place
Dublin, Ireland
Production date
1770
Media description
sterling silver
Measurements
105 x 180 x 95 mm
Credit line
bequest of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes, Melbourne, 2021, in memory of his parents Sir Wilfred Deakin Brookes, CBE, DSO, AE and Mrs. Betty (née Heal) Brookes
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell and a specified fund established from the Estate of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes.
Accession number
A1570
TJC reference number
6297
