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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.52
People
Joseph Walker, Irish
Title
Fluted Dish
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1717-1718
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin
Culture
Irish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229091

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.9 × 23.2 cm (1 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
391 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverse, struck: crowned harp, date letter
  • maker's mark: on reverse, struck: JW [in shaped stamp] [mark of Joseph Walker, Bennett, no. 325]
  • inscription: on reverse, engraved, scratch weight: 13 = 2 [overscoring] 13 = 5
  • coat of arms: center, engraved: dexter side of shield is unidentified, the sinister side is likely those of Woller [date to c.1745]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to 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
1949.114.52
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of circular form, the raised fluted sides with scalloped rim, the center engraved with a coat of arms within an asymmetrical foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche.

Publication History

  • K. C. Buhler, French, English and American Silver: A Loan Exhibition in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton, exh. cat., Minneapolis Society of the Arts (Minneapolis, MN, 1956), no. 157
  • Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 115-116, cat. no. 86, repr. p. 115, details repr. pp. 115-116.

Exhibition History

  • French, English and American Silver: A Loan Exhibition in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 06/09/1956 - 07/15/1956

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