1949.114.23: Mustard Pot
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.114.23
- People
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Samuel Godbehere, British (active 1786-1800)
Edward Wigan, British (active 1786-1800)
- Title
- Mustard Pot
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1788-1789
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George III (1760-1820)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229072
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver, glass
- Dimensions
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8.3 × 10.8 × 5.7 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
111 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
- maker's mark: under base, struck: SG / EW [Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan, Grimwade, no. 2516] [possibly over the mark of Hester Bateman]
- hallmark: cover, interior, struck: lion passant
- maker's mark: cover, interior, struck: SG / EW [Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan, Grimwade, no. 2516]
- inscription: front, engraved: L
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1949.114.23
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Of panelled oval form with applied moulded borders and scroll handle; the hinged panelled domed cover with ball finial and openwork scroll thumbpiece, the side engraved with the initial "L"; blue glass liner.
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. 170, cat. no. 160, repr. p. 170, details repr. p. 170.
Verification Level
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