Sauceboat

Anthony Rasch

ca. 1815 · Silver · The American Wing

These commanding sauceboats, fashioned in the French Empire taste, are marked by Rasch, a Bavarian-born Philadelphia silversmith. They are among the most sophisticated silver vessels produced in the United States in the early nineteenth century and are distinguished by their bold ornamental scheme, which includes magnificent cast serpent handles and ram’s-head spouts. The engraved armorials are those of the Milligan family of Maryland.

Artist

Anthony Rasch

Date

ca. 1815

Medium

Silver

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1959