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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.78.1-2
People
Daniel Pontifex
Title
Teapot and Stand
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1797-1798
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/53985

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, wood, ivory
Dimensions
teapot dimensions: 15.9 × 28.2 × 8.3 cm (6 1/4 × 11 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
stand dimensions: 1.9 × 14.9 × 10.5 cm (3/4 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
499 g
207 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: Struck under base: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark and with maker's mark; the cover with lion passant and maker's mark
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: DP [Daniel Pontifex; Grimwade, no. 494]
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
  • hallmark: cover, struck: lion passant
  • maker's mark: cover, struck: DP [Daniel Pontifex; Grimwade, no. 494]
  • coat of arms:
  • coat of arms:

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of C. R. Simpkins, "A Tribute to the Class of 1892."
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.78.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The teapot faceted oblong with bowed shoulder, nineteenth-century ivory loop handle; the hinged domed cover with oval ivory finial, engraved on one side with coat of arms and crest; the rectangular stand with canted corners, the center engraved with the same arms and crest, with wooden backing

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. 216, cat. no. 239, repr. p. 216, details repr. p. 216.

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