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One of a pair Sauce Tureens, Boulton & Fothergill, 1776

Image from: Birmingham Assay Office.

This is one of the finest items designed by Robert Adam in the Neo-classical style which was popularised by Matthew Boulton. He expressed his feeling about the new fashion in his letter to Mrs Montagu in 1776: “I flatter myself its neatness, its simplicity and durability will be more agreeable to you than French finery or dirty richness.”


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