1933.66.A-B: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.66.A-B

People

William Vincent, British (1770 - 1793)

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1774

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230965

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

13.6 × 21.6 × 9.8 cm (5 3/8 × 8 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)
355 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• hallmark: cover flange, struck: lion passant
• maker's mark: under base, struck: WV [in rectangular punch] [William Vincent, Grimwade no. 3357]
• coat of arms: on side, engraved: the arms of Hamond impaling those of Chadwick

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of C. R. Simpkins, "A Tribute to the Class of 1892."

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.66.A-B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Straight-sided cylindrical form with straight tapering spout; removeable lid with wooden finial; ear-shaped wooden handle.

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. 162, cat. no. 147, repr. p. 162, details repr. p. 162.

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