1933.64.A-B: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.64.A-B

People

Thomas Whipham, British, English (1815)

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1767-1768

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231029

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

12.4 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm, 501 g (4 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: under base, struck: C / T [pellet] W / W [in circle punch] [Thomas Whipham & Charles Wright, Grimwade, no. 2976]
• hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant

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

1933.64.A-B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Plain cylindrical teapot with plain lid; wood finial and ear-shaped handle; straight spout.

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. 157-158, cat. no. 139, repr. p. 157.

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project

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