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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.46.A-B
People
William Vincent, British (1770 - 1793)
Title
Cream Pail
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1773-1774
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160277

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, glass
Dimensions
11.7 × 8.9 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
75 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on base, struck: mark of William Vincent
  • hallmark: handle, struck: lion passant

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
1999.306.46.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Formed of wirework everted pales applied with trailing foliage, on rope-twist spreading foot, with octagonal beaded rim and openwork swing handle, with blue glass liner.

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. 161, cat. no. 146, repr. p. 161, details repr. p. 161.

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