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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.69
People
? Maker's mark ?BB in oval
Title
Mug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1710
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187450

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
10.2 × 13.3 × 8.5 cm (4 × 5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
218 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • maker's mark: under base, struck four times, three unclear: BB or BR [in oval] [possibly Benjamin Brancker of Liverpool, cf. Jackson, p. 415, line 8]
  • coat of arms: engraved, on side, opposite of handle: unidentified coat-of-arms

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David Berg, New York; his 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
1999.306.69
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tapering cylindrical on spreading foot, with tubular scroll handle, the sides chased with a broad band of vertical flutes within punched, lobed and matted borders and applied ribs, the front chased with a scroll and fishscale cartouche enclosing an engraved coat-of-arms.

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), pp. 98-99, cat. no. 64, repr. p. 99, details repr. pp. 98-99.

Verification Level

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