1966.51.71: Coffee Pot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.71

People

Hester Bateman, British (1708 - 1794)

Title

Coffee Pot

Other Titles

Alternate Title: PEAR-SHAPED COFFEE POT LONDON 1781-82

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1781-1782

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227990

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

28.3 × 19.7 × 11.4 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
845 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: under base, struck: HB [Hester Bateman, Grimwade, no. 961]
• hallmark: cover flange, struck: lion passant
• maker's mark: cover flange, struck: HB [Hester Bateman, Grimwade, no. 961]
• inscription: under foot, engraved, scratch weight: 26"12 [18th c. weight without the handle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.51.71

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pear-shaped body on flared circular foot with beading; hinged domed cover with beaded edge and cast bud finial; scrolling wooden handle; cast foliate spout; fully marked under foot; scratched "2704 over B55#5" and larger "26 12"

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. 166, cat. no. 153, repr. p. 166.

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