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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.44.1-2
People
Philip Roker I, British (1676 - )
Title
Pair of Trencher Salts
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1708-1709
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47851

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
4.1 x 6.7 cm (1 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter and maker's mark

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
1966.51.44.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of plain domed circular form, the sides later engraved with a crest of lion’s head issuing out of a mural crown

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. 195, cat. no. 185, repr. p. 195, details repr. p. 195.

Verification Level

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