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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.86.1-2
People
Henry Chawner, British (1764 - 1851)
Title
Teapot and Stand
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1792-1793
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/141640

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
14.61 x 26.19 x 9.21 cm (5 3/4 x 10 5/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: base of teapot, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
  • hallmark: base of stand, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
  • hallmark: interior of teapot cover, struck: lion passant
  • maker's mark: base of teapot, struck: HC [Henry Chawner; Grimwade, no. 971]
  • maker's mark: on base of stand, struck: HC [Henry Chawner; Grimwade, no. 971]
  • coat of arms: on side of teapot, engraved: unidentified coat of arms within a bright-cut shield-shaped cartouche
  • inscription: on side of teapot, engraved: unidentified crest in a bright-cut shield-shaped cartouche

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of C. R. Simpkins, "A Tribute to the Class of 1892."
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.86.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The teapot straight-sided oval with wooden loop handle and straight tapering spout, with hinged domed cover with oval wood finial, decorated with horizontal wriggle-work bands, engraved on one side with a coat of arms within a bright-cut shield-shaped cartouche and, on the other side, with a crest within a similar cartouche; the oval stand with conforming decoration, raised on four reeded splayed feet, the center engraved with the same crest.

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), p. 212, cat. no. 231, repr. p. 212, details repr. p. 212.

Verification Level

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