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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.27
People
William Shaw II, British, English (active 1749-1773)
William Preist, British (1739 - 1811)
Title
Tankard
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1757 - 1758
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228679

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
20.3 x 17.8 x 13.3 cm (8 x 7 x 5 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 875 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: Struck under base and on cover: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. George R. Agassiz, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1953

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. George R. Agassiz
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Baluster on spreading foot with applied molded girdle, scroll handle and domed cover with open scroll thumbpiece, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest with elaborate foliate scroll rococo mantling, one side applied, probably during the nineteenth century, with a spout and engraved below with a script monogram THM.

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. 221, repr. in b/w (section "Problem Pieces" cover page); pp. 232-233, cat. no. 267, repr. p. 232, details repr. p. 233.

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