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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.131.1-2
People
William Turner, British, English (died 1772 London)
Title
Pair of Sauce Ladles
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
ladle
Date
1758-1759
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/51488

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
17.15 x 5.72 cm (6 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
116 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on stems, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on stems, struck: WT. [mark of William Turner, Grimwade, no. 3353]
  • coat of arms: back of bowls, engraved: lozenge of arms for a lady of the Gordon family

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, 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
1949.114.131.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
With fluted shell-form bowls, the backs of the bowls engraved with a lozenge of arms; the tubular stems applied with eagle-head terminals.

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. 154-155, cat. no. 135, repr. p. 154, details rep. p. 154.

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