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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.44
People
John Robertson II
John Walton
Title
Wine Funnel
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
funnel
Date
c. 1811
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Newcastle
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/149402

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
14.9 × 9.5 cm (5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
151 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: base flange, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark
  • hallmark: rim of spout, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark
  • maker's mark: base flange, struck: mark of John Robertson II & John Walton [Jackson, p. 503, line 21]
  • maker's mark: rim of spout, struck: mark of John Robertson II & John Walton [Jackson, p. 503, line 21]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David Berg, New York, 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
1999.306.44
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular with gadrooned rim and shell-form thumb-piece, with inset pierced ring, the removable spout with molded bands.

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. 218, cat. no. 244, repr. p. 218, details repr. p. 218.

Verification Level

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