Vinaigrette | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.306.32
People: James Wintle, British, English (active 1812 - 1838)
Title: Vinaigrette
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1813-1814
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Birmingham
Period: George III (1760-1820)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/186122

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, gilt

Dimensions

1.3 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm (1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 in.)
13.9 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: interior, struck: lion passant, anchor, date letter, duty mark
maker's mark: interior, struck: J [pellet] W [Joseph Willmore] [Crisp Jones, p. 354, column 1, line 7, left]

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: 1999.306.32
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Circular, turned with concentric circles, hinged cover opening to reveal a hinged grille pierced with a flower head.

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. 178, cat. no. 172, repr. p.178

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1999.306.32: Vinaigrette