1949.114.38.1-2: Pair of Tazze (footed salvers)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.114.38.1-2

People

Francis Garthorne, British (1677 - 1726)

Title

Pair of Tazze (footed salvers)

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1702-1703

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

Queen Anne (1702-1714)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/221187

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

7.3 x 23.5 cm (2 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 1166 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: on field and on reverse, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter and maker's mark for Francis Garthorne (see Grimwade, no. 736); lion's head erased on reverse
• coat of arms: on tops, engraved: The arms are those of Acton impaling those of Harris, Herries, Byron, Abrahall or Hercy

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.114.38.1-2

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Circular, with cast applied gadrooned rim, the bell-shaped central foot chased with a band of gadrooning, the reverse with an applied cut-card calyx of radiating stylized foliage; the center engraved with a coat of arms within a circular foliate scroll and husk cartouche.

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. 87-88, cat. no. 52, repr. p. 88, details. repr. pp.87-88.

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