1999.306.20: Two-handled Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.306.20

People

Maker's mark TR under a crescent

Title

Two-handled Cup

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Porringer

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 1665

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

Charles II (1660-1685)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/187622

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

6.3 x 16.5 x 9.8 cm (2 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• maker's mark: struck under base: TR [under a crescent in a shield-shaped punch] [Jackson, p. 126, line 14]
• inscription: base, engraved scratch weight: 5 oz. 12 d o
• monogram: side of bowl, engraved: TE [conjoined] * R

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

1999.306.20

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Plain straight-sided circular with flat base and two scroll handles of triangular section, one side engraved with crossed plumes enclosing a crest of a lion’s head, the other side engraved with the initials TE [conjoined] *R.

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. 52, cat. no. 20, repr. in b/w.

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