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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.50
People
William Davie, Scottish
Title
Three Footed Tray
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Small Tray on Three Legs
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1774-1775
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228910

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.9 × 18.7 cm (1 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
225 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverse, struck: thistle, castle, date letter
  • maker's mark: on reverse, struck: WD [William Davie; Jackson, p. 549, line 17]
  • inscription: center, engraved: ED [probably 19th century]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
J. Linda Corne, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Miss J. Linda Corne in memory of her mother, Elizabeth Dumbreck of Edinburgh, Scotland
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.50
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular with applied gadrooned rim, 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. 210, cat. no. 227, repr. p. 210, details repr. p. 210.

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