Harvard Art Museums > 1949.114.95.A-B: 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"Bowl and Cover (Robert Cooper) , 1949.114.95.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229015. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.114.95.A-B People Robert Cooper, British (active 1670 - 1717) Title Bowl and Cover Other Titles Alternate Title: Bowl and Cover, probably from a toilet service Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1700-1701 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period William and Mary (1688-1702) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229015 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver with gilt interior Dimensions 11.4 x 19 x 13.3 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.) 414 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: on rim, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter maker's mark: on rim, struck: mark of Robert Cooper [Grimwade, no. 380] hallmark: exterior of cover, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter maker's mark: exterior of cover, struck: mark of Robert Cooper [Grimwade, no. 380] inscription: base, engraved, scratch weight: 14 = 11 coat of arms: side, engraved: crest coat of arms: cover, engraved: crest Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Christie's, London, July 5, 1911, lot 11A] to Eben F. Comyns, London, 1911. Sir John Noble, sold [through Christie's, London, June 6, 1935, lot 108]; to [Mallett, London]. 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. in memory of his late niece, Florence Ellsworth Wilson Accession Year 1949 Object Number 1949.114.95.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 Of shallow circular form on domed spreading foot chased with a band of gadrooning above a plain rim, the lower part of the body chased with a band of gadrooning, with two cast plain scroll handles surmounted by teardrops; the low domed cover with a reeded rim enclosing a chased band of gadrooning, with fluted baluster finial rising from a chased calyx of gadrooning. 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. 194, cat. no. 192, repr. p. 194, details repr. p. 194. 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
