1966.51.78: Tray

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.78

People

Samuel Godbehere, British (active 1786-1800)
Edward Wigan, British (active 1786-1800)

Title

Tray

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1793-1794

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228014

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.5 × 42.9 × 34.6 cm (1 3/8 × 16 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
1469 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
• maker's mark: reverse, struck over another mark: SG / [pellet] / EW [Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan, Grimwade, no. 2516]
• coat of arms: center, engraved: crest of a paw erect grasping a sprig [unidentified]

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

1966.51.78

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Oval, raised on four triangular reeded feet, bright-cut engraved with a border of waves in the center with an oval cartouche surmounted by floral swags with tied fronds below enclosing a crest.

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. 173, cat. no. 166, repr. p. 173, details repr. p. 173.

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