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Identification and Creation

Object Number
742.1942
People
Peter Archambo I, British (1739 - 1767)
Title
Cake Basket
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1740 -1741
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232218

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
11.8 x 32.1 x 27.6 cm (4 5/8 x 12 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 1696 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: base, engraved: Base later engraved with a script monogram and: "In Memory of J. Montgomery Sears 1900 The Gift of Daniel Berkeley Updike"
    Coat of arms: Argent on a fess between 3 pheons 3 roseheads (as yet unidentified)
  • hallmark: on base, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Daniel Berkeley Updike, Cambridge, MA, Gift to Harvard University, 1942.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Bequest of Daniel Berkeley Updike in memory of J. Montgomery Sears of the Class of 1900
Object Number
742.1942
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shaped oval on slightly spreading pierced with a band of scrolls under a molded rim, the everted sides pierced with scrolls, crescents, lozenges and circles within an applied foliate scroll and rocaille rim; the multi-scroll swing handle chased with scrolls and rocaille, issuing from dolphin heads; the center engraved with an elaborate foliate scroll, rocaille and trelliswork cartouche flanked by floral sprays and headed by a female mask, enclosing a coat of arms.

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. 146-147, cat. no. 125, repr. p. 146, details repr. p. 147.

Verification Level

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