Teapot | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.67
People: Maker’s mark SW
Title: Teapot
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/230990

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

15.24 x 24.13 x 10.8 cm (6 x 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
527 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
maker's mark: under base, struck: SW [possibly Samuel Wood or Samuel White; Grimwade, no. 3808]

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: 1933.67
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Cylindrical on wavy foot,with beaded borders, oval tapering spout, ebonized wood handle and domed hinged cover with ebonized wood finial.

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. 209, cat. no. 225, repr. p. 209, details repr. p. 209.

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1933.67: Teapot