Waiter | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1940.80
People: James Morison, British (1740 - )
Title: Waiter
Other Titles: Title: Tray
Alternate Title: Plain tray, pie-crust edge, 3 legs, George II
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1755-1756
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George II (1727-1760)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230517

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.9 x 19 cm (1 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
271 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Anonymous gift, 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year: 1940
Object Number: 1940.80
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Shaped circular, raised on three hoof feet, the scroll rim with stylized shells at intervals

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. 206, cat. no. 219, repr. p. 206.

Verification Level

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1940.80: Waiter