1966.51.4: Two-handled Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.4

People

Maker's mark HB conjoined in shield, British, English (17th century)

Title

Two-handled Cup

Other Titles

Alternate Title: TOY GOURD-SHAPED TWO-HANDLED CUP LONDON 1656-7

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1656-1657

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228300

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.5 × 8.3 × 5.4 cm (1 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
35 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: on rim, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: struck on rim: HB [conjoined, mullet below, in shield-shaped punch] [likely Jackson, p. 119, line 11]

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

1966.51.4

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Circular on applied foot of reeded wire, with two similar scroll handles, the sides chased with vertical lobes and stylised flower heads under a punched band.

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. 45, cat. no. 12, repr. in b/w.

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