1999.306.4: Coffee Pot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.306.4

People

Thomas Farren, British (Tewksbury active 1707 - c. 1743)

Title

Coffee Pot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1738-1739

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/149782

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

23.8 × 21.2 × 12.1 cm (9 3/8 × 8 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
903 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: under base, struck: T [pellet] P / [star] [mark of Thomas Farren, Grimwade, no. 2749]
• hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

1999.306.4

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, flat chased with borders of scrolls enclosing diaperwork and rocaille against matting, scroll spout applied with leaves issuing from rocaille, scroll sockets, wood handle, the cover chased with rocaille starburst and with double baluster finial

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. 142, cat. no. 121, repr. p. 142.

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