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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.112
People
Abraham Buteux, British, English (London 1698 - c.1731 London)
Title
Bowl
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1729-1730
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228982

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
8.3 × 20.3 cm (3 1/4 × 8 in.)
573 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: [crescent] / AB / * [maker's mark for Abraham Buteux, Grimwade, no. 8]
  • coat of arms: on side, engraved: arms of Gresley, baronets, of Drakelow, Derbyshire

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
1949.114.112
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of circular form on cast spreading foot, the fluted raised sides with everted scalloped rim, the side engraved with a coat of arms and crest within foliate scroll and rocaille mantling.

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. 131, cat. no. 110, repr. p. 131, details repr. p. 131.

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