A Rare American Silver Sauceboat, Zachariah Brigden, Boston, circa 1760

of bombé oval form with waved rim, leaf-capped double-scroll handle and raised on three scroll supports headed and terminated by shells

Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 23 June 1988, lot 247

some wear to inside but overall condition is very good, nice color and weight
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Although more than 120 pieces attributed to Brigden are known to survive, Patricia E. Kane in Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewellers denotes only two pairs of Brigden sauceboats (p. 213).  One pair, bearing the Winthrop crest, circa 1760, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Buehler, Kathryn C., American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, no. 327).  The other pair, of the same date and engraved with the arms of Seward, were sold by Sotheby's Parke Bernet, 15-17 November 1973, lot 697.