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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.71
People
Humphrey Payne, British (1701 - )
Title
Two-Handled Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1739 -1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230634

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
10.5 × 17.5 × 10.5 cm (4 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
257 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: HP [Humphrey Payne; Grimwade, no. 1058]

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
1940.71
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular with everted sides, on reeded foot, with two reeded flat scroll handles

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. 202-203, cat. no. 212, repr. p. 202, details repr. p. 202.

Verification Level

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