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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.59
People
Edward Barnard, British, English (died 1853-55 London)
Rebeccah Emes, British, English
Title
Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1818-1819
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230986

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
9.5 × 19.7 × 12.1 cm (3 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
238 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: RE / EB [in shaped punch/four overlapping circles] [mark of Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, Grimwade, no. 2309]
  • hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant, date letter
  • inscription: side, engraved: G

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to 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
1933.59
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compressed circular, on rim foot, with curved short spout, flared shoulder; domed hinged cover with wooden finial, wooden loop 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. 181, cat. no. 176, repr. p. 181, details repr. p. 181.

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