Pair of Toy Two-handled Cups | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.51.41.1-2
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Pair of Toy Two-handled Cups
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1704-1705
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/47850

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.9 x 6.7 x 4.1 cm (1 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
unspecified: 37 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: on bases, struck

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: 1966.51.41.1-2
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Circular each with two wire scroll handles chased with spiral fluting and stamped with a band of stylized sprigs

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), pp. 92-93, cat. no. 56, repr. p. 93, details repr. p. 92.

Verification Level

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1966.51.41.1-2: Pair of Toy Two-handled Cups