Saucepan
Collection object
1988.0145
H. 10.4 (bowl) x W. 15.5 (incl spout), D. bowl top 11.3, L. handle max 18.4, Wt. 443.88g
Brandy saucepan ('pipkin'), Limerick silver. Made by Jonathan Buck II, c.1730. Handled saucepan with deep globular bowl, dished base, rolled everted rim, a beak shaped pouring lip with applied beading outside at its base, and, at right angles, a long uplifted handle. The handle is of turned (hard?) wood, mounted in a long silver ferrule secured by a silver pin. The narrower end of the ferrule is attached to a heart shaped mounting plate fixed to the bowl just under the rim. Inside the base of the pouring lip, matching the location outside of the applied beading, is an area of silver not part of the bowl material, which is probably filling associated with the application of the beading. Opposite the handle, engraved arms of Meade (made Earls of Clanwilliam), Azure a chevron ermine between three trefoils, on a cartouche with wreath about. Marks, on base, 'IB', crowned, on either side of 'STERLING' (this mark broken, or two punches used)
Jonathan Buck (silversmith)