Pair of Casters | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.51.56.1-2
People: Samuel Wood, British (1704 - 1794)
Title: Pair of Casters
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1753-1754
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/47528

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

17.2 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm (6 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
unspecified: 434 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: under base and cover flanges, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and maker's mark; lion passant and maker's mark on cover flanges

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, Bequest to Fogg Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year: 1966
Object Number: 1966.51.56.1-2
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Baluster on spreading bases, applied with rope-twist bands, the high domed cover pieced with spiral bands of foliate scrolls and surmounted by tear-drop finials

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), p. 205, cat. no. 217, repr. p. 205, details repr. p. 205.

Verification Level

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1966.51.56.1-2: Pair of Casters