Pair of sauceboats

Pierre-Adrien Dachery

Amiens Mint

1768–75

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 522

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Title: Pair of sauceboats
Maker: Pierre-Adrien Dachery (master 1765, working 1784)
Maker: Amiens Mint
Date: 1768–75
Culture: French, Saint Quentin
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (each): 5 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (12.7 × 19.1 × 11.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Object Number: 48.187.13, .14
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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