1949.114.20.A: Kettle on Lamp Stand

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.114.20.A

People

William Lukin, British (born 1699)

Title

Kettle on Lamp Stand

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1722-1723

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/329941

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

39.5 x 29.8 x 22.2 cm (15 9/16 x 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
unspecified: 2988 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, base of lamp, struck: Britannia, lion’s head erased, date letter) and maker’s mark; maker’s mark and traces of three other marks, possibly the same mark repeated on base of lamp

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.114.20.A

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Of circular baluster form on cast rim foot, with paneled swan-neck spout headed by a stylized leaf and with overhead swing handle rising from openwork scrolls applied to the shoulders, with turned ivory handle (probably replaced a wooden one in the nineteenth century); the removable domed cover with squat baluster finial; the circular stand on three cast multi-scroll supports terminating in octagonal pads, with two scroll hinged side handles and central circular burner with plain removable cover, the kettle hinged and chained to the stand.

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