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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.8
People
Maker's mark HB conjoined in shield, British, English (17th century)
Title
Two-handled Cup
Other Titles
Alternate Title: GOURD-SHAPED TWO HANDLED CUP LONDON 1663-4
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1663-1664
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228301

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
12.7 × 19 × 14.3 cm (5 × 7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
364 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] [Jackson, p. 119, line 11]
  • inscription: on base, engraved: W [over] LS
  • coat of arms: side of bowl, center: [Hill of Castle Morton, Worcestershire]
  • coat of arms: side of bowl, center: [Williamson of New Hall, Cumberland]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hill of Castle Morton, Worcestershire, c. 1663. Williamson, New Hall, Cumberland, c. 1740. Private Collector, London, sold [through Christie's, January 14, 1987, lot 107]. 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
1966.51.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bulbous circular with two cast ribbed scroll handles headed by stylised heads and terminating in serpents, the sides repousse and chased with a broad band of flower heads and leaves, the center of each side with a circular cartouche headed by winged cherub heads, one engraved with a coat-of-arms, helm and crest within foliate scroll mantling, the other, circa 1740, with a coat-of-arms within a asymmetrical foliate cartouche headed by a crest, the base engraved W over LS

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. 46-47, cat no. 15, repr. in b/w on p. 47.

Verification Level

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