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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.76
People
Thomas Northcote, British (1746 - 1831)
Title
Caddy Spoon
Other Titles
Alternate Title: SMALL CADDY LADLE LONDON 1790-91
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
ladle
Date
1790-1791
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227995

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
16 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: handle, struck: lion passant, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
  • maker's mark: handle, struck: TN [Thomas Northcote, Grimwade, no. 2855]
  • inscription: stem, engraved: CMH

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
1966.51.76
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
With plain beaded stem engraved with the monogram CMH.

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. 172, cat. no. 163, repr. p. 172, details repr. p. 172.

Verification Level

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