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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.41
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Tumbler Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1715-1716
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229089

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
5.7 x 7.6 cm (2 1/4 x 3 in.)
91.5 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on base, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: [illegible mark]
  • inscription: under base, engraved: E / I * G
  • coat of arms: on side, engraved: R. G. to S.A.C. [probably 18th century]
  • inscription: on side, engraved: crest of a talbot passant, an escutcheon under its dexter paw [probably 19th century]
  • inscription: under base, engraved: 162703

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; his 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
1949.114.41
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of plain circular form, the side engraved, probably in the eighteenth century, R.G. to S.A.C. and, on the other side, probably in the nineteenth century, with a crest of a talbot passant, an escutcheon under its dexter paw.

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. 111, cat. no. 78, repr. p. 111, details repr. p. 111.

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