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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.28.A-B
People
Maker's mark SH conjoined in circular punch, British, English
Title
Two-handled Cup with Cover
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1690-1691
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190400

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
16.5 x 18.4 x 11.4 cm (6 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
463 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: struck on rim: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • hallmark: struck on top of cover: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: struck on rim: SH [conjoined in circular punch] [Jackson, p. 147, line 16]
  • maker's mark: struck on top of cover: SH [conjoined in circular punch] [Jackson, p. 147, line 16]
  • inscription: engraved on side: L / RH
  • coat of arms: engraved on one side: [crest of a bird on a crescent] [probably 19th century]
  • inscription: under base, engraved: HG / 1681
  • inscription: interior of cover, engraved: HG / 1681
  • inscription: under base, engraved, scratch weight: 16 Oz. * 3 pw

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.51.28.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular on rim foot and two beaded scroll handles, the lower part chased with a band of spiral fluting below a band of matting and circles; the cover chased with gadrooned and spiral bands with matting and circles between and surmounted by an acorn; engraved on one side L over RH above a later (probably nineteenth century) crest of a bird on a crescent.

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. 82-83, cat. no. 45, repr. p. 82, details repr. p. 82

Verification Level

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