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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1895.580
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Turtle Soup Bowl
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1883
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232268

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ceramic
Technique
Glazed
Dimensions
7 x 14.3 cm (2 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On side of bowl in red: Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York./Memorial Lunch, /at the/Long Room Fraunces's Tavern,/[illustration of turtle]/Tuesday December 4th 1883. Underglaze stamp on bottom of bowl, in black capitals with serifs: CFH

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Acquired by Williams Hayes Fogg; his bequest to his wife, 1884; her bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1895.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg
Accession Year
1895
Object Number
1895.580
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 11, cat. 32

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994

Verification Level

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