Silver teapot with engraved designed on the front, wooden handle, spout points to the right.
tabletop view showing coat of arms Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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tabletop view showing coat of arms Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A cylindrical silver teapot with an engraved design depicting floral leafy garland, and an oval coat of arms with various symbols in the center. The top and bottom edges of the pot feature a leaf pattern. It has a wooden handle on the left with a small upward curl near the top, attached by silver nails. The spout on the right points right, it has a small section of the same etched floral and leaf pattern along its wider section. The teapot’s lid tapers off upward in two short steps with a pull knob at the top.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.81
People
Hester Bateman, British (1708 - 1794)
Title
Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1779-1780
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230272

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood, ivory
Dimensions
14.3 × 24.8 × 10.8 cm (5 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
472 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: HB [Hester Bateman, Grimwade, no. 960]
  • hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant
  • coat of arms: on side, engraved: arms on the sinister side are unidentified; the arms on the dexter side are those of Young
  • coat of arms: side, engraved: crest

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Anonymous gift, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.81
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Straight-sided oval with beaded borders, on spreading foot pierced with a band of ovolo, engraved with bright-cut and wrigglework borders, floral and bellflower swags and oval cartouches enclosing, on one side, a coat of arms and, on the other, a crest, with scroll spout and wooden loop handle; the slightly domed hinged cover with oval ivory finial with traces of pigment.

Publication History

  • Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 164-165, cat. no. 151, repr. p. 165, details repr. p. 164.

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