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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.56
People
Samuel Margas, British (born 1715)
Title
Tray
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1726 -1727
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228675

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3.2 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm (1 1/4 × 15 × 15 in.)
1826 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on reverse, struck: [crown] / SM / [fleur-de-lys] [mark of Samuel Margas, Grimwade, no. 2588]
  • coat of arms: in center, engraved: blazoned thus: "Gules three falcons impaling argent a chevron gules between three leopards' heads." [unidentified]
  • inscription: on reverse, engraved, scratch weight: 59 = 18

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
1949.114.56
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Square with incurved sides, raised on four double bracket feet, with molded rim, the center engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate scroll and fish-scale cartouche with an architectural plinth supporting two recumbent lions.

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. 127-128, cat. no. 105, repr. p. 106, details repr. p. 105.

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