1949.114.4: Bowl

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.114.4

People

William Archdall, Irish (1704 - 1751)

Title

Bowl

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1717-1718

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin

Period

George I (1714-1727)

Culture

Irish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229291

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9.5 × 16.2 cm (3 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.)
469 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: crowned harp, date letter
• maker's mark: struck under base: WA [mark of William Archdall] [Bennett, no. 521]
• inscription: base, engraved: E D
• coat of arms: on side, engraved: coat-of-arms, Daley with those of another on an escutcheon of pretence
• inscription: on base, engraved, scratch weight: 17 : 1

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

1949.114.4

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Circular with tapering sides, on rim foot, with molded rim, the side engraved with a coat of arms within foliate scroll mantling, the base engraved with the initials ED.

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. 115, cat. no. 85, repr. p. 115.

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