- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2012.6
- People
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Thomas Pitts I, British (active c. 1744-1793)
- Title
- Stirrup Cup in the Form of a Fox's Head
- Other Titles
- Former Title: George III Antique English Silver Stirrup Cup
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- handle
- Date
- 1771
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/339949
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver with gilt remnants
- Dimensions
- 6 x 8 x 14 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: engraved in oval cartouche on underside: Success / to the / Tettcots Hunt / and to the / death of the / Next
- hallmark: Thomas Pitts' maker's hallmark on cup rim: T.P [Grimwade 2875]
- hallmark: sterling silver standard hallmark on cup rim: [lion passant]
- hallmark: London city hallmark on cup rim: [crowned leopard]
- hallmark: 1771 date letter hallmark on cup rim: Q
- Provenance
- [J.H. Bourdon-Smith, London, England, sold]; to private collector, sold; [through Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, ME, November 5-6, 2011, lot 646];[to S.J. Shrubsole, New York, NY, sold]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul Clarke Stauffer Fund
- Accession Year
- 2012
- Object Number
- 2012.6
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Steve on Steins and Other Important Things to Collect and Drink From, website, accessed February 15, 2012
Susanne Ebbinghaus, ed., Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 232-233, 366, cat. no. 70, repr. pp. 233, 366
- Exhibition History
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32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/26/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 12/31/2024
- Subjects and Contexts
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Google Art Project
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