George III Silver Brandy Saucepan, Richard Bidlake, Plymouth, 1773
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A provincial George III silver brandy saucepan, maker's mark for Richard Bidlake, Plymouth, of tapering cylindrical outline with moulded foot and turned ebony handle, engraved with the initals and date: Sv 1773, diameter 12 cm
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- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
- Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.
- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
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