Harvard Art Museums > 1940.64: Cake Dish Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cake Dish (Burrage Davenport) , 1940.64,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230567. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
