1933.70: Coffee Pot
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.70
- People
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Thomas Heming, British, English (c. 1800)
- Title
- Coffee Pot
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1764
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George III (1760-1820)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231122
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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12.7 x 13.97 x 9.84 cm (5 x 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
211 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: Struck underneath: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with maker's mark; the cover flange with 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
- 1933.70
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Tapered form with straight tapering spout; turned, baluster-shaped handle at right angle to spout; stepped, domed hinged lid with acorn 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), p. 233, cat. no. 268, repr. p. 233, details repr. p. 233.
Verification Level
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