1940.79: Tray

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.79

People

Robert Abercrombie, British (born 1731)

Title

Tray

Other Titles

Alternate Title: SMALL PLAIN TRAY, PIE CRUST EDGE, 3 FEET, GEORGE I I

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1738-1739

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230594

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.5 × 16.2 cm (1 × 6 3/8 in.)
224 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: on reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: on reverse, struck: [illegible] A [under a crown] [probably for Robert Abercromby, Grimwade, no. 2254]
• inscription: reverse, engraved, scratch weight: 7 = 18 = ½

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private Collector, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.79

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Shaped circular, raised on three hoof feet, with molded border, the reverse engraved with scratch weight 7 = 18 = 1/2

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. 142-143, cat. no. 122, repr. p. 142, details repr. p. 143.

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