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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.16.A-B
People
Henry Chawner, British (1764 - 1851)
Title
Muffin Dish and Cover
Other Titles
Title: Butter Dish and Cover
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1793-1794
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187287

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
8.5 × 18.4 cm (3 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
462 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under rim, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
  • maker's mark: under rim, struck : HC [in oval punch] [Henry Chawner, Grimwade, no. 971]
  • hallmark: inteiro of cover, struck: lion passant, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
  • coat of arms: on cover, engraved: arms of Wyatt-Edgell with those of another on an escutcheon of pretence
  • inscription: under base, engraved: D. D. R. Pocock 1794
  • coat of arms: center, in dish, engraved: arms of Wyatt-Edgell with those of another on an escutcheon of pretence

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
1999.306.16.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular, the flat rim with applied reeded rim enclosing a band of bright-cut engraving of foliate scrolls and pateræ.

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. 174, cat. no. 167, repr. p. 174, details repr. p. 174.

Verification Level

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