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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
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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.

Verification Level

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