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Two objects which look like chandeliers of bells which stand on cylindrical handles.

Two silver and gold objects, which are identical. At the bottom they are vertical cylinders, which are capped by repeating vertical patterns of pineapples, pineapple leaves, and simple columns connecting them. In two tiers on each object, there are chandelier-like arched and curling pieces of metal which radiate out in all directions. About 10 bells hangs on each object.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.72.1-2
People
Maker's mark IT in rectangle, possibly for James Trender, British, English
Title
Pair of Rimmonim (Torah Finials)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
rimmonim
Date
1806-1807
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20947

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, parcel-gilt
Dimensions
21.9 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm (8 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
383 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on bases, 2 sets of branches and calices of leaves and each bell, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark, date letter and maker's mark; lion passant, duty mark and date letter on branches; lion passant on calices of leaves and each bell

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs A. Summers, London, sold [through Sotheby's London, 1971, lot 54]. 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
1999.306.72.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On cylindrical stems applied with gilt borders roulette-decorated with trailing flowers, rising to flat knops applied with radiating calices and pineapples issuing from leaves, each with two six-branch canopies hung with bells and surmounted by pineapple finials

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. 175-176, cat. no. 170, repr. p. 170, details repr. p. 170.

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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