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Identification and Creation

Object Number
593.1928
People
Designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman, American (Baltimore, MD 1842 - 1904 Boston, MA)
Manufactured by Shreve, Crump & Low, American
Title
Pitcher
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1892
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232119

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sterling
Dimensions
36 x 13 cm (14 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscr, bottom: Conlegio Harvardiano/Nomine Caroli Wyman/Alumni (see file for date)/Donum Dedit Soror
    Mark: Shreve Crump & Low/Sterling
    Front: Seal of Harvard with banner below "Christo et Ecclesia"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of the artist to Harvard College. [Presented to Harvard College in memory of Charles Wyman by his sister, Mrs Whitman, to be used at Commencement and other formal University occasions in Sanders Theatre on the speaker's desk.]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Gift of Sarah Wyman Whitman in the name of her brother, Charles Wyman, A.B. 1867, 1892
Object Number
593.1928
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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