Vinaigrette | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.306.33
People: John Pritchard, British, English (first mark entered 1778, second in 1799)
Title: Vinaigrette
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 1800
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Birmingham
Period: George III (1760-1820)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/186066

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, gilt

Dimensions

1.11 x 0.95 x 2.54 cm (7/16 x 3/8 x 1 in.)
7.4 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: interior, struck: lion passant anchor, date letter
maker's mark: interior, struck: mark of Samuel Penbeton & Son [Crisp Jones, p. 364, column 2, line 10, top]

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: 1999.306.33
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Oblong, base and hinged cover engraved to resemble a purse; interior with gilt hinged grille pierced with foliate scrolls

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. 180, cat. no. 175, repr. p. 180, details repr. p. 180.

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1999.306.33: Vinaigrette