Harvard Art Museums > 2003.11.2.A-B: Covered Jar Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Covered Jar (Unidentified Artist) , 2003.11.2.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/97068. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.11.2.A-B People Unidentified Artist Title Covered Jar Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 1675 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/97068 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver gilt Technique Repoussé Dimensions 15 x 9.5 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on underside, incised: Scratch weight, "No: 18/ 8: 11" stamp: under base, punched: 20th-century Dutch control mark "Z II" Provenance Recorded Ownership History Private Collector [1], London, England, sold [through Sotheby's, London, 1974, lot 192]. Private Collector, Amsterdam, sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, December 3, 2002, lot 39]; to [Rare Art London Ltd., London], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. [1] The Covered Jars were sold as "Property of a Lady." The sale contained works from the collections of Sir George Albu, W.D.E. Allen, Sir Stephen Courtauld, Captain Sir Weldon Dalrymple Champneys, Galfry Willam Gatacre, Jennings Family, F. Naylor, and Mrs. Annesley Vachell. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul Clarke Stauffer Fund Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.11.2.A-B Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Comprising a larger and pair of smaller examples, each inverted baluster on spreading foot, elaborately chased with foliage on a matted ground, the larger example with stylised snake heads tied with ribbon amid scrolling acanthus and garlands of fruit, the smaller examples with a band of alternating vertical water leaves and acanthus under an applied molded rim and chased above with winged angel heads and wild masks amid fruit and ribbons, all with necks chased with vertical acanthus leaves and with removable domed covers with similar chasing; the larger with fruit form finial and smaller with baluster finials; the larger engraved underneath No. 14 and with scratch weight 12: 12; the smaller examples engraved No. 18 8 = 11 and No. 19 8 = 10 respectively. Publication History Catalogue of Important English and Foreign Silver, auct. cat., Sotheby & Co. (London, England, December 12, 1974), pp. 112-3, lot 192, repr. in b/w Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, Sotheby's Publications (London, England, 1986), p. 133, no. 463, repr. in b/w Dutch Glory, Art & Collectors, auct. cat., Sotheby's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 3, 2002), pp. 68-71, lot 39, repr. in color with details 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. 56-57, cat. no. 22, repr. in color on p. 57, details repr. pg. 56-57 Exhibition History Re-View: S424-426 Western Art from 1560 to 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/16/2008 - 06/18/2011 Related Works 2003.11.1.A-B Unidentified Artist Covered Jar Vessels 2003.11.3.A-B Unidentified Artist Covered Jar Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
