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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.81
People
Henry Chawner & John Emes, British
Title
Goblet
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1796-1797
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228016

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
17.2 × 8.9 cm (6 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
267 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: HC / IF [Henry Chawner & John Emes; Grimwade, no. 977]
  • coat of arms: bowl, engraved: unidentified arms; those on the dexter side appear to be "gules two lions' jambs and a chief argent;" those on the sinister side appear to be "or on a chief indented azur three water bougets or overalla bend gules."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1966.51.81
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Plain cup rising from spool-shaped stem on square foot; coat of arms in chevron on side.

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. 215, cat. no. 238, repr. p. 215, details repr. p. 215.

Verification Level

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