1949.114.44.1-2: Pair of Casters

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.114.44.1-2

People

Thomas Bamford, British (1720 - )

Title

Pair of Casters

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1725-1726

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/50206

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

13 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (5 1/8 x 2 x 2 in.)
unspecified: 260 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: on bases 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

Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.114.44.1-2

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Of octagonal baluster form on cast octagonal spreading bases, with applied cast mid-ribs; the octagonal high domed covers pierced with panels of stylized scrolls and with baluster finials (later fitted sleeves)

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. 127, cat. no. 104, repr. p. 127, details repr. p. 127.

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