Harvard Art Museums > 1966.51.12: Salver 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"Salver (Maker's mark IW, three pellets above, bird below) , 1966.51.12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228342. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1966.51.12 People Maker's mark IW, three pellets above, bird below, British, English Title Salver Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1669 - 1670 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228342 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Technique Repoussé Dimensions 9.2 × 36.2 cm (3 5/8 × 14 1/4 in.) 899 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: struck on border: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter hallmark: struck on foot: lion passant maker's mark: struck on border: IW [three pellets above, bird below] [cf. Jackson, p. 128, line 15, where he illustrates a similar mark without the bird below] inscription: center, punched: MT / RT / 1676 Provenance Recorded Ownership History J.E. Taylor, London, 1901. Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot Accession Year 1966 Object Number 1966.51.12 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 Circular, repoussé and chased with bands of large flower heads with a lion, a dragon and a stag at intervals, the center engraved with a circular cartouche of stylized sprigs enclosing punched initials MT over RT and date 1676 on domed spool form foot. Publication History J. Starkie Gardner, ed., Exhibition of a Collection of Silvermiths' Work of European Origin, exh. cat., Burlington Fine Arts Club (London, 1901), p. 83, no. 40 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. 60-62, cat. no. 26, repr. in b/w on pp. 61, details repr. pp. 61-62, repr. in b/w on p. 6 (with cat. no. 19). Exhibition History Exhibition of a Collection of Silversmiths' Work of European Origin, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 01/01/1901 - 01/01/1901 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Related Articles Showcasing Our Silver December 12, 2013 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
