A silver pitcher covered in a hammered pattern and a large lily engraving
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A pitcher polished to a high shine. The surface is covered in small round dents from hammering, and the bottom two thirds of the vessel are decorated with a large carved daylily, with the flower bent slightly in the direction that water would be poured from the spout. The petals, leaves, and stamen of the flower are all intricately and realistically depicted. There is a large handle on the right side which is also covered in the same hammered texture.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.113
People
Dominick & Haff, American (1872 - 1928)
Title
Water Pitcher
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1881
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356412

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sterling silver
Dimensions
20 × 18 × 11.9 cm (7 7/8 × 7 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom, engraved: BOWEN / AUG. 25th / 1856 and 1881.
  • maker's mark: bottom, above engraved inscription: .925 [in rectangle] [circle] 8/8 [in diamond]
  • maker's mark: bottom, left of engraved inscription, erased: .925 [in rectangle] [circle] 8/8 [in diamond]
  • inscription: bottom, above engraved inscription, erased: Sterling
  • inscription: bottom, left of engraved inscription: Sterling
  • inscription: bottom, below engraved inscription: 86 [erased / 86

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Charles Clark Bowen and Julia Maria Hard, 1881. [Spencer & Marks, Southampton, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, by exchange and bequest of Emmet Blakeney Gleason, by exchange
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.113
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 06/02/2025

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