1966.51.59: Tankard

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.59

People

John Payne, British (1751 - )

Title

Tankard

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1757-1758

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227937

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

18.4 x 17.5 x 12.1 cm (7 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
787 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: on body, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: on body, struck: I [star] P [John Payne; Grimwade, no. 1597]
• hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: interior of cover, struck: I [star] P [John Payne; Grimwade, no. 1597]
• maker's mark: handle, struck: I [star] P [John Payne; Grimwade, no. 1597]

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

1966.51.59

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Tapering cylindrical on spreading foot, with applied molded mid-rib and tubular scroll handle with heart-shaped terminal and baluster drop molding, the hinged domed cover with openwork arcaded thumb-piece

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), p. 207, cat. no. 220, repr. p. 207.

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