1933.80: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.80

People

William Plummer, British, English (free 1755)

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1784-1785

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231039

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

14 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 10 x 3 1/2 in.)
449 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
• hallmark: cover interior, struck: lion passant
• maker's mark: base, struck: W [pellet] P [ William Plummer; Grimwade no. 3255]

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

1933.80

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Straight-sided oval; chased with continuous vertical flutes, with fluted tapering spout, wooden loop handle; the hinged domed cover chased with radiating flutes, and with later oval wooden 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), pp. 211-212, cat. no. 230, repr. p. 212, details repr. p. 211.

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