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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.53
People
Robert Cooper, British (active 1670 - 1717)
Title
Dish
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Fruit Dish with Scalloped Border
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1715-1716
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228980

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3.8 × 25.4 cm (1 1/2 × 10 in.)
596 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverse, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
  • maker's mark: struck on reverse: mark of Robert Cooper [Grimwade, no. 380]
  • inscription: engraved, on reverse, scratch weight: 104 14
  • coat of arms: engraved, in center: arms of Wentworth, baronets, impaling those of Blackett or Browne
  • inscription: engraved, on reverse, scratch weight: 19 = 15

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
1949.114.53
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of circular form on plain rim foot, chased with twenty flutes within a scalloped rim; the center engraved, circa 1740, with a coat-of-arms within an asymmetrical foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche.

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. 108-109, cat. no. 75, repr. p. 109, details repr. p. 108.

Verification Level

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