Harvard Art Museums > 1949.114.25: Teapot Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Teapot (Abraham Buteux) , 1949.114.25,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228932. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.114.25 People Abraham Buteux, British, English (London 1698 - c.1731 London) Title Teapot Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1722-1723 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period George I (1714-1727) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228932 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver, fruitwood Dimensions 10.5 × 10.2 × 19.7 cm (4 1/8 × 4 × 7 3/4 in.) 446 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: on base. struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter maker's mark: on base, struck: BV / * [Abraham Buteux, Grimwade, no. 249] hallmark: cover, struck: lion's head erased inscription: base, engraved: * C * / I * M inscription: on base, engraved: * T * / I * H 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 1949.114.25 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Of globular octagonal form on cast octagonal foot, with straight tapering panelled spout and wooden scroll handle with octagonal sockets; the flat hinged cover enclosed by an engraved band of ovals and circles on a reeded ground with bellflowers at the angles, with wooden compressed spherical finial. 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. 120-121, cat. no. 94, repr. p. 121, details repr. pp.120-121. Related Articles Rituals and Routines November 19, 2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
