A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCE BOATS

The arms are those of White with Storke in pretense for John White (1714-1766), of Romsey and his wife Elizabeth (1722-1777), daughter of John Storke (d. 1711), Mayor of Romsey, whom he married in 1749. A memorial to John White and his wife Elizabeth can be found in Romsey Abbey displays the arms found on these sauceboats. The White family were prominent in Hampshire. John’s brother Benjamin acquired Ampfield House, near Romsey, through marriage. His nephew constructed the existing house and it descended in the family until the late 19th century. It is now the headquarters of Hillier Plant Nurseries, a company founded in 1864.