1949.114.118.A-B: Sugar Bowl and Cover
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.114.118.A-B
- People
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John Wisdome, British (active 1692-1735)
- Title
- Sugar Bowl and Cover
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1716-1717
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George I (1714-1727)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/51489
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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12.7 x 9.8 x 9.8 cm (5 x 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
315 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: under base, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
- hallmark: cover flange, struck: lion's head erased
- maker's mark: cover flange, struck: mark of John Wisdome [Grimwade, no. 3187]
- inscription: base, engraved, scratch weight: 10*4
- inscription: base, engraved: I / TS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1949.114.118.A-B
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Of spherical octagonal form on moulded stepped octagonal base, the cover with plain applied moulded rim and circular baluster-form finial issuing from an octagonal moulded calyx, the base engraved I over TS and with scratch weight 10*4.
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. 113, cat. no. 82, repr. p. 113.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019
- From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/03/2023 - 07/30/2023
- Measuring Difference, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 10/17/2024 - 08/30/2025
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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