Cream or Milk Jug | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.114.91
People: Elizabeth Goodwin, British (Mark entered 1729)
Title: Cream or Milk Jug
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1730-1731
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George II (1727-1760)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229258

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9.4 x 5.5 x 7.9 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 93.4 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: Struck under base: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with maker's mark

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: 1949.114.91
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Of baluster form on spreding cast circular foot, with short spout with tear-drop and cast scroll handle

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), pp. 230-231, cat. no. 263, repr. p. 230, details repr. p. 230.

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1949.114.91: Cream or Milk Jug