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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
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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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