Antique French Double-Lipped Silver Sauce Boat on Stand made for the Maharaja of Baroda in 1905

A double-lipped antique French 1st standard 950 silver sauce boat on stand with a removable silver liner.

The sauce boat is of oval form with two leaf-shaped handles and a reeded border interspersed with a cross design. The sauce boat is mounted on a fixed stand which has a shaped leaf edge. The stand is engraved with the crown and sabre for the Maharaja of Baroda.

It is in very fine condition and of substantial weight.

Dimensions: sauce boat 20.32 x 9.53 cm, stand 23.50 x 10.16 cm; weight 38 troy oz.

Provenance: Sayaji Rao Gaekwar III, Maharaja of Baroda (1875 – 1939), until acquired by Shiri Kirtilal Manilal Mehta (1907-1993) and descent to, Mrs Charu Kishor Mehta (b. 1943).

The Maharaja was one of India’s richest men, with a palace the largest dwelling in India – four times the size of Buckingham Palace.

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