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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.48
People
Thomas Parr I, British (1687 - 1728)
Title
Tankard
Other Titles
Alternate Title: TANKARD WITH COVER LONDON 1715-16
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1715-1716
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228416

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
20.6 × 20.9 × 14 cm (8 1/8 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
1038.6 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on body, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
  • maker's mark: on body, struck: Pa [Thomas Parr I; Grimwade, no. 2120]
  • hallmark: interior of cover, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
  • maker's mark: interior of cover, struck: Pa [Thomas Parr I; Grimwade, no. 2120]
  • maker's mark: on handle, struck: Pa [Thomas Parr I; Grimwade no. 2120]
  • coat of arms: on side, engraved: unidentified crest [re-engraved at a later date]

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
1966.51.48
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, with applied molded mid-rib and tubular scroll handle with shaped terminal and small baluster drop molding, the hinged domed cover with fluted scroll thumb-piece, the front engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate scroll and fish-scale cartouche surmounted by a crest.

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. 196-197, cat. no. 198. repr. p. 196, details repr. p. 196.

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