Sauceboat and Mustard Pot, Etching from Ouvrages d'Orfèvrerie

An etched plate shows two pieces of silverware on a page of plain print. At top left, a shallow covered dish sits on a pedestal foot. Below it, a boat-shaped sauceboat with a figure-like handle lies on a stand, and at right, a tall mustard pot with a spoon, a hinged lid and a handle stands on a round foot. Fine engraved lines describe the chased, fluted bodies.

Artist

Richard de Lalonde

Date

1775-1788

Medium

Etching on off-white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2651 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum