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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1254
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Custard Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1785-1790
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229797

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lavender jasperware body with applied lattice decoration in white relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
4.6 x 6.8 x 4.9 cm (1 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: impressed into bottom:: WEDGWOOD
  • label: on bottom, blue oval label printed and handwritten in black ink:: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / S. Kensington / LONDON, S.W. / [handwritten:] From Dr. Propert's / Colln / 1786 period

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. J. Lumsden Propert, London, England. [Frederick Rathbone, London],s old; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1913, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1254
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Serrated upper edge

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 88, p. 36

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Old Wedgwood, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1973 - 05/27/1973

Verification Level

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