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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.45.1-3
People
Maker's mark T.T in serrated punch, British, English
Title
Set of Three Salt Cellars
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1771-1772
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/142295

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
6 x 9 x 7.3 cm (2 3/8 x 3 9/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 307 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: bases, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David Berg, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Museum, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.306.45.1-3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Oval with wavy rims, each raised on four openwork stylised paw feet, pierced with stylised foliage, with blue glass liners
Scratch weight 3=8 on one

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. 159, cat. no. 143, repr. p. 159, details repr. p. 159.

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