Saucepan
Collection object
1998.0613
D. bowl 5.9-6.2 H. bowl 4.6. L. handle 10.7 of which 5.6 is wooden. D. of silver portion of handle, at bowl end 0.95 below collar 1.2. Wt. 93.0
Saucepan, Limerick silver. Small brandy saucepan by Jonathan Buck, c. 1735. Cauldron shaped bowl, with flat base; parrot's beak spout attached to rim. Handle attached below rim at right angles to spout, consists of a silver cylinder running to c. half the length with turned dark wood at the end, inserted into the collared socket of the silver portion and held with a silver rivet. Maker's mark struck twice on the base; "I B" in a rectangle with rounded corners, once clear, once with a worn "B". Inscribed on base "I/ R K", with letter I above space between the two lower letters.
Jonathan Buck (silversmith)