Harvard Art Museums > 1949.114.94.A-B: Toilet bowl and cover 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"Toilet bowl and cover (John Leach) , 1949.114.94.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229014. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.114.94.A-B People John Leach, British (1675 - 1710) Title Toilet bowl and cover Other Titles Alternate Title: Bowl and Cover, probably from a toilet service Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1698-1699 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period William and Mary (1688-1702) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229014 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 10.8 x 17.5 x 13.3 cm (4 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.) 409 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: struck in rim: Britannia, lion's head [erased], date letter hallmark: struck on interior of cover: Britannia, lion's head [erased], date letter maker's mark: struck in rim: Le [in a shaped cartoche] [mark of John Leach, Grimwade, no. 1916] maker's mark: struck on interior of cover: Le [in a shaped cartoche] [mark of John Leach, Grimwade, no. 1916] coat of arms: engraved on side: crest of three wheat stalks behind a gate [probably 19th century] coat of arms: engraved on cover: crest of three wheat stalks behind a gate [probably 19th century] 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 1949.114.94.A-B 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 Circular on domed spreading foot chased with bands of gadrooning, with two cast scroll handles; the low domed cover applied with a cast gadrooned rim enclosing a similar broader chased band; with acorn finial rising from a chased calyx of gadrooning; the side and the cover engraved, probably in the nineteenth century, with a crest of a gate. 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. 86, cat. no. 50, repr. p. 86, details repr. p. 86 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
