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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.21
People
Maker's mark GS with crescent below and crown above, British, English (17th century)
Title
Two-Handled Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1687-1688
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
James II (1685-1688)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
6.7 x 15.2 x 8.9 cm (2 5/8 x 6 x 3 1/2 in.)
145 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck : GS [with crescent below and crown above] [Jackson, 1921, p. 144, line 25]
  • inscription: base, engraved: HC

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
1966.51.21
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular, the lower part of the slightly flaring sides chased with alternating vertical acanthus leaves and palmettes, with two cast beaded and acanthus scroll handles.

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. 192-193, cat. no. 189, repr. p. 193, details repr. p. 192.

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