Harvard Art Museums > 742.1942: Cake Basket Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cake Basket (Peter Archambo I) , 742.1942,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232218. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu