Salver | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.114.54
People: John Carter II, British (first mark 1776 )
Title: Salver
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1768- 1769
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George III (1760-1820)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228654

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.9 × 20.9 cm (1 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
328 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: on reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
maker's mark: on reverse, struck: I [pellet] C [John Carter II, Grimwade, no. 1214]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: 1949.114.54
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Shaped circular with molded border, on three hoof feet.

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. 158, cat. no. 140, repr. p. 158, details repr. p. 158.

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1949.114.54: Salver