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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.23
People
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
8.3 × 10.8 × 5.7 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
111 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • 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
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
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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.

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