1999.97: Chalice
VesselsThe base is wider than the cup, and is made of concentric petal shapes, the stem is polygonal and fluted at the bottom where it meets the base. There is a round decoration at the center of the stem which is wide and round with regular geometric floral designs and cutouts. The cup connects to the stem with wavy designs that look like simple vines holding the step and cup together. There is a band of decorative lettering along the top of the cup and bottom of the stem, where they are distorted by the fluting shape.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1999.97
- People
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John James Keith, British, English (1824 - 1870)
Designed by William Butterfield, British (1814 - 1900)
- Title
- Chalice
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Chalice (in the Gothic revival style)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1849-1850
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/193280
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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23.5 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
695 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Hallmarked IK, London, 1849
- inscription: bottom, engraved: An oblation to the Church / of St. John the Evangelist / Stratford Christmas Day / MDCCCXLIX
- inscription: around bowl, engraved: In gothic script: "Bibebant de spiritali consquente eos petra petra autem erat christus"
- hallmark: under base, stamped: Queen Victoria's head, facing left, in an oval shield; leopard's head (London); gothic "O" within a shield (1849); lion passant (assay mark)
- maker's mark: on base, stamped: I [pellet] K [John James Keith; Clume, no. 8238, 8239, or 8240]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Church of St. John the Evangelist, Stratford, Essex, disposed of sometime prior to 1925. [David Allen Antiquaire, Paris] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul Clarke Stauffer Fund
- Accession Year
- 1999
- Object Number
- 1999.97
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- On stepped lobed base rising to a hexagonal knop stem and hemispherical bowl engraved with a Latin inscription above wavy rays, the underside engraved: An oblation to the Church of St John the Evangelist Stratford Christmas Day Mdcccxlix
Publication History
- James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 59, repr.
- 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. 184-185, cat. no. 180, repr. p. 184, details repr. pp. 184-185.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 06/02/2025
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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