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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.4
People
Thomas Farren, British (Tewksbury active 1707 - c. 1743)
Title
Coffee Pot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1738-1739
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/149782

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
23.8 × 21.2 × 12.1 cm (9 3/8 × 8 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
903 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: T [pellet] P / [star] [mark of Thomas Farren, Grimwade, no. 2749]
  • hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.306.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, flat chased with borders of scrolls enclosing diaperwork and rocaille against matting, scroll spout applied with leaves issuing from rocaille, scroll sockets, wood handle, the cover chased with rocaille starburst and with double baluster finial

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. 142, cat. no. 121, repr. p. 142.

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