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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.84.1
People
Naphthali Hart, British, English (active 1791 - 1834 London)
Duncan Urquhart, British, English (active 1791-1805)
Title
Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1793-1794
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231041

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
15.24 x 27.6 x 10.2 cm (6 x 10 7/8 x 4 in.)
359 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
  • hallmark: inside of cover, struck: lion passant
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: D [pellet] U / N [pellet] H [Duncan Urquhart & Napthali Hart; Grimwade, no. 510]
  • inscription: on side, engraved: [crest of a demi-lion rampant] / NS
  • inscription: under base, engraved: 187
  • inscription: under base, engraved: B1 - oz
  • inscription: under base, engraved: 11 / 114

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
1933.84.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Straight-sided oval, bright-cut engraved with bands of stylised foliage and each side with a shield-shaped cartouche, one engraved with a crest and script initials NS, the hinged domed cover with conforming decoration and stained ivory pineapple finial, with tapering spout and wood loop handle; the oval stand with wrigglework borders, raised on four part-fluted shaped feet, with conforming decoration and the same crest. The crest, that of a demi-lion rampant, pertains to many families.

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. 212-213, cat. no. 232, repr. p. 212, details repr. p. 212.

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