1966.51.17: Two Handled Cup
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1966.51.17
- People
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Maker's mark IH with fleur-de-lis and pellets below, British, English
- Title
- Two Handled Cup
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1675-1676
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/227963
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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10.8 x 19 x 13.3 cm (4 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
367 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: Struck under base: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with maker's mark
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1966.51.17
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Circular, on spreading foot, the lower part of the body chased with a band of alternating vertical acanthus and water leaves, with two cast scroll handles headed by cherub masks, with later applied rim and gilt interior
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. 225, cat. no. 252, repr. p. 225, details repr. p. 225.
Verification Level
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