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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.16
People
Maker's mark S over V in shaped punch, British, English
Title
Wine Taster
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1675
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219667

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Technique
Chased
Dimensions
3.8 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm (1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
unspecified: 57 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on rim, struck twice: S [over] V [in shaped punch] [unknown, Jackson, p. 277, line 5]
  • inscription: engraved, on rim: IH

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
1966.51.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of shallow circular form with two wire scroll handles, the interior chased with a stylized serpent with beaded borders.

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. 65-66, cat. no. 30, repr. in b/w on p. 65.

Verification Level

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