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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.111
People
Obadiah Rich, American (1808 - 1888)
Design attributed to Horatio Greenough, American (Boston, MA 1805 - 1852 Somerville, MA)
Modern top by Michael Brody
Title
Ink stand with Greyhounds' Heads
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
inkstand
Date
c. 1830
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310816

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
9.8 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm (3 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Stamped on bottom: Boston fine; stamped on base: O. Rich

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Andrews Norton.
To Mrs. William Norton (Mary Reynolds) Bullard.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Norton Bullard (Mary Reynolds)
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.111
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Martha Gandy Fales, "Obadiah Rich, Boston Silversmith", The Magazine Antiques (October 1968), vol. XCIV, no. 4, pp. 566-568, fig. 2
  • H. Wade White, "Nineteenth Century American Sculpture at Harvard, a Glance at the Collection", Harvard Library Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, October 1970), vol. XVIII, no. 4, pp. 359-366, pl. VII
  • K. C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University (New Haven, CT, 1970), p. 226
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 176, ill.

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
  • Classical Taste in America 1800-1840, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 06/27/1993 - 09/26/1993; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, 11/20/1993 - 03/13/1994; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 05/01/1994 - 07/24/1994
  • The Practice of Letters - The Hofer Collection of Writing Manuals, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 04/10/1997 - 06/07/1997

Verification Level

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