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Identification and Creation

Object Number
220.1940.A-E
People
Solomon Hougham, British, English (c. 1820)
Title
Kettle on Stand
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1801-1802
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232496

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
30.5 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm (12 x 8 1/2 x 6 in.)
982 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: Struck under foot, on side of lamp and lamp cover flange: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and duty mark and with maker's marks; the kettle cover struck inside wtih lion passant

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Loan from Harvard University, 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University
Object Number
220.1940.A-E
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 239-240,cat. no. 280, repr. p. 239.

Verification Level

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