1999.306.44: Wine Funnel

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.306.44

People

John Robertson II
John Walton

Title

Wine Funnel

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Work Type

funnel

Date

c. 1811

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Newcastle

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/149402

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

14.9 × 9.5 cm (5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
151 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: base flange, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark
• hallmark: rim of spout, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark
• maker's mark: base flange, struck: mark of John Robertson II & John Walton [Jackson, p. 503, line 21]
• maker's mark: rim of spout, struck: mark of John Robertson II & John Walton [Jackson, p. 503, line 21]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

1999.306.44

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Circular with gadrooned rim and shell-form thumb-piece, with inset pierced ring, the removable spout with molded bands.

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. 218, cat. no. 244, repr. p. 218, details repr. p. 218.

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