1966.51.7: Wine Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.7

People

Maker's mark ET, crescent below, British, English (17th century)

Title

Wine Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1662-1663

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228357

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

10.8 x 7.9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
104 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: struck on rim: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• hallmark: struck on underside of foot: lion passant
• maker's mark: struck on rim: ET [crescent below] [Jackson, p. 122, line 5]

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

1966.51.7

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Circular with deep bowl on trumpet foot punched with a band of matting, the bowl chased with panels enclosing stylised flowers on a matted ground under a punched band, the interior chased with a stylised flower head

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. 46, cat. no. 14, repr. in b/w.

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