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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.121
People
David King, Irish
Title
Two-handled Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1704-1705
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin
Period
Queen Anne (1702-1714)
Culture
Irish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228983

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
16.5 x 23.8 x 13.6 cm (6 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
647 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: crowned harp, date letter
  • maker's mark: struck under base: DK [mark of David King, Bennett no. 101]
  • coat of arms: engrave, side of cup: fluted cup and cover between foliate scrolls and fronds [unidentified]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector, London, sold [through Christie's, London, Novmeber 12, 1924, lot 118]. 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
1949.114.121
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular, the raised body with slightly flaring sides, on domed circular cast foot chased with a band of dentilation, the body chased with vertical fluting below an applied moulded mid-rib and chased above with a band of stylized acanthus leaves on a matted ground; the cast harp-form handles capped by stylized palmettes.

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. 93, cat. no. 57, repr. p. 93, details repr. p. 93.

Verification Level

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