1933.81: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.81

People

James Darquits, Junr., British, English

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1793

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231040

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

15.88 x 27.31 x 10.8 cm (6 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
474 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: Struck on the underside of teapot and stand: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark, date letter, and with maker's mark; the teapot cover wtih lion passant

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

1933.81

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Fluted straight-sided oval, with wooden loop handle and tapering straight spout; the hinged domed cover with stained ivory finial; engraved each side with a vacant oval bright-cut cartouche; the stand of conforming outline, raised on four splayed feet, and engraved with a similar cartouche

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. 213-214, cat. no. 234, repr. p. 213, details repr. p. 214.

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