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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.64
People
Burrage Davenport, British (born 1773)
Title
Cake Dish
Other Titles
Alternate Title: CAKE DISH WITH HANDLE, PIERCED SILVER, GEORGE III
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1773 - 1774
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230567

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
29.2 × 34.6 × 25.7 cm (11 1/2 × 13 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
793 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: inside of body, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: inside of body, struck: B [pellet] D [Burrage Davenport, Grimwade, no. 148]
  • hallmark: handle, struck: lion passant
  • coat of arms: center, engraved: crest of a bull's head ducally gorged [pertains to a number of families including Bertram, Hastings, and Wharton]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Anonymous gift, 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.64
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Oval on spreading gadrooned foot, pierced with rows of pales with circles between, applied with a beaded border, the swing handle pierced with fretwork, the center engraved with a crest of a bull’s head ducally gorged with rocaille below and flanked by two floral sprays.

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. 160-161, cat. no. 145, repr. p. 161, details repr. 160-161.

Verification Level

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