1933.75: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.75

People

Crispin Fuller, British, English

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1799-1800

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231123

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

17.78 x 29.21 x 10.8 cm (7 x 11 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
527 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark, date letter
• maker's mark: under base, struck: CF [Crispin Fuller; Grimwade, no. 299]

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

1933.75

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Fluted boat-shape wtih wooden loop handle and scroll spout; the hinged domed cover with pineapple finial; decorated with bright-cut bands of stiff foliage, wrigglework and garlands, and on each side with an oval vacant cartouche with floral swags

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. 216, cat. no. 240, repr. p. 216, details repr. p. 216.

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