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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.27
People
Edward Barrett, Irish (born 1722)
Title
Kitchen Caster
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1720
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
Irish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228915

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
7.6 x 4.8 cm (3 x 1 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 88 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on body, struck: harp
  • hallmark: interior of cover, struck: harp
  • maker's mark: on body, struck: mark of Edward Barrett [Bennett, no. 118]
  • maker's mark: interior of cover, struck: mark of Edward Barrett [Bennett, no. 118]
  • inscription: base, engraved: B / EI
  • coat of arms: front of vessel, engraved: unidentified crest of hawk on a chapeau

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to 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
1949.114.27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of cylindracal form, the lower part slightly bowed below a chased horizontal rib, the slightly spreading foot and reeded scroll handle, the removable domed cover with applied moulded border, pierced with holes, the base engraved B over EI.

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. 108, cat. no. 74, repr. p. 108, details repr. p. 108.

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