1940.74: Caster
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.74
- People
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Samuel Wood, British (1704 - 1794)
- Title
- Caster
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Sugar Sifter
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1750 - 1751
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George II (1727-1760)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230270
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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20.6 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm (8 1/8 x 3 5/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
14 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
- maker's mark: under base, struck: SW [Samuel Wood; Grimwade, no. 2666]
- maker's mark: cover flange, struck: SW [Samuel Wood; Grimwade, no. 2666]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Anonymous gift, 1940
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.74
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 150-151, repr. in b/w as Fig. 130 on p. 150.
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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