1966.51.40: Two-Handled Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.40

People

Timothy Ley, British (1681 - 1711)

Title

Two-Handled Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1703-1704

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

Queen Anne (1702-1714)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228390

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

8.3 × 17.1 × 9.8 cm (3 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.)
191 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: on rim, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
• maker's mark: on rim, struck: [pellet, flower, pellet] / [pellet] L [pellet] E [pellet] / [pellet, flower, pellet] [Timothy Ley; Grimwade, no. 1917]
• inscription: on side, in cartouche, engraved: M * S

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

1966.51.40

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Of circular form, the slightly flaring sides chased with a band of spiral fluting below a border of punched foliage with a chased band of ropetwist under further punching, with two cast scroll handles, the front with an oval cartouche.

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. 194-195, cat. no. 194, repr. p. 195, details repr. p. 195.

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