1999.306.7: Saucepan

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.306.7

People

William Spackman, British, English (free 1712)

Title

Saucepan

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1726-1727

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George I (1714-1727)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/149760

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

10.5 × 17.1 × 8.5 cm (4 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
148 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: under base, struck: WS [with pellets above, in a shaped stamp] [William Spackman, Grimwade, no. 3294]
• coat of arms: in center, engraved: crest of an arm erect holding an arrow, with motto above [unidentified, likely Scottish]

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

1999.306.7

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Of circular baluster form with small lip an dlong turned baluster wooden side handle; the font with worn traces of an engraved crest and above it a ribbon motto.

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. 128, cat. no. 106, repr. p. 128.

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