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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.31.1-2
People
Robert Hill
Title
Pair of Shell Dishes
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1719-1720
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54161

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3.8 x 15.2 x 14.3 cm (1 1/2 x 6 x 5 5/8 in.)
unspecified: 259 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverses of valves, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter and maker's mark

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
1949.114.31.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Chased in the form of scallop shells, the reverses of the valves engraved with the initials E*S

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. 118-119, cat. no. 90, repr. p. 118.

Verification Level

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