Harvard Art Museums > 2000.159.1: One of a Pair of James II Cups and Stands Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"One of a Pair of James II Cups and Stands (Unidentified Artist) , 2000.159.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/178016. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2000.159.1 People Unidentified Artist Title One of a Pair of James II Cups and Stands Other Titles Alternate Title: One of Pair of James II Silver-gilt Cups and Stands Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1688-1689 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/178016 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver-gilt Technique Engraved Dimensions 5 x 12.7 cm (1 15/16 x 5 in.) Inscriptions and Marks maker's mark: underside, struck: FS / s [under a crown] [unidentified] hallmark: underside, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Hall (1856-1915) of Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, by descent to Francis Hall. [Christie's, London, July 20, 1915, lot 99 (bt. Gooden & Fox)]. [Anonymous sale (P.D. Griffiths), Christie's, London, November 19, 1919, lot 89 (bt. Schwerze)]. Sir John Noble, 1st Bt. (1865-1938), by descent; to his son Sir Andrew Noble, 2nd Bt. [Christie's, London, November 24, 1943, lot 58]. [James Oakes, Ltd., London]. Richard George Meech, [Q.C. sale, The Meech Collection, Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 1993, lot 49]. The Whiteley Trust, [sale, Silver from the Collection of the Whiteley Trust, Christie's, London, June 13, 2000, lot 13], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2000. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul Clarke Stauffer Fund Accession Year 2000 Object Number 2000.159.1 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The stand has a low spreading foot, the undersides applied with trefoil cut-cardwork. It has gadrooned borders and the top surface is engraved with a band of foliate scrolls issuing from the mouths of grotesque male masks, inhabited with birds. The shallow cup has a lobed spreading foot. The lower part of the body is applied with trefoil cut-cardwork, the upper part is finely engraved with foliate scrolls. There are two cast beaded scroll handles with grotesque bird and hound masks. Publication History Royal Ontario Museum, English Silver: A Catalogue to an Exhibition of Seven Centuries of English Domestic Silver, exh. cat., Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, 1958), p. 30, repr. in b/w as fig. 35 J.F. Hayward, Huguenot Silver in England, 1688-1727, Faber & Faber (London) (London, 1959), p. 49, repr. in b/w as plate 45A Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 77-80, repr. in color as Fig. 41 on p. 77; repr. in b/w as Fig. 41 on p. 78. Related Works 2000.158.2 Unidentified Artist One of a Pair of James II Cups and Stands Vessels 2000.159.2 Unidentified Artist One of a Pair of James II Cups and Stands Vessels 2000.158.1 Unidentified Artist One of a Pair of James II Cups and Stands Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
