1933.76: Tea Caddy with Pineapple Finial

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.76

People

Robert Calderwood, Irish (1727 - 1766)

Title

Tea Caddy with Pineapple Finial

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

18th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin

Culture

Irish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231031

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

16.83 x 13.65 x 9.84 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
583 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: Struck under base: Hibernia, crowned harp and with maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1933. "A Tribute to the Class of 1892"

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

1933.76

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Straight-sided fluted oval, the sides and hinged domed cover with bands of bright-cut and wrigglework decoration, with pineapple finial; the front with escutcheon-shaped cartouche enclosing a crest of an eagle's head and the initials CB

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. 235-236, cat. no. 273, repr. p. 235, details repr. p. 235.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/2015 - 01/03/2016

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