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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
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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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