1933.68: Teapot
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.68
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Teapot
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1777-1778
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230991
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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10.2 x 24.8 x 9.5 cm (4 x 9 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
unspecified: 397 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: the base: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA; his 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
- 1933.68
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Shaped straight-sided oval, tapering faceted spout, wood loop handle, the flush cover with flower form 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. 235, cat. no. 272, repr. p. 235.
Verification Level
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