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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.75.A-B
People
Henry Chawner, British (1764 - 1851)
Title
Urn
Other Titles
Title: Urn and Lid
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1786-1787
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228013

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, ivory
Dimensions
37.8 × 19.4 × 18.1 cm (14 7/8 × 7 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
1199 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: HC [in oval punch] [Henry Chawner, Grimwade, no. 971]
  • hallmark: cover flange, struck: lion passant, duty mark [George III, facing right]
  • maker's mark: cover flange, struck: HC [in oval punch] [Henry Chawner, Grimwade, no. 971]
  • coat of arms: front, engraved: Davison coat-of-arms
  • coat of arms: back, engraved: Davison crest

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
1966.51.75.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tall urn with arched, fluted handles attached at bottom; square base on four ball feet with beading at bottom and top (two rows); spool-shaped cover with urn finial.

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. 168-169, cat. no. 158, repr. p. 169, details repr. p. 168-169.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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