A pair of George III silver sauce-boats, by John Parker & Edward Wakelin, London 1761, each on floral pad feet, with gadrooned and shell rim, feather capped loop handle, engraved coronet and crest, the bases engraved with scratch weights '23=17' and '23=16' respectively. Height 17 cm. Length 22 cm, weight 49.5oz, weight 1406gms.
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- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
- 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.
- Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
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