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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.37
People
William Justis, British, English (Free, 5 January 1721)
Title
Basting Spoon
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
spoon
Date
1735-1736
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187509

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
224 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: in bowl, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: in bowl, struck: WI [in circle punch] [mark of William Justis, Grimwade, no. 3200]
  • inscription: in bowl, engraved: M*L

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
1999.306.37
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The deep egg-shaped bowl engraved with the initials M*L, the tapering tubular handle with applied moulded ribs.

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. 138, cat. no. 117, repr. p. 138, details repr. p. 138.

Verification Level

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