1999.306.47: Dish Cross
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1999.306.47
- People
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Patrick Robertson, British, Scottish
- Title
- Dish Cross
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1789-1790
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
- Period
- George III (1760-1820)
- Culture
- British, Scottish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/160462
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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9.5 × 29.8 × 29.8 cm (3 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
534 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: on arms, struck: Thistle, castle, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
- maker's mark: on arms, struck: PR [Patrick Robertson, Jackson, p. 549, line 24]
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
- 1999.306.47
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Formed of four swivelling arms raised on oval pads, with movable scroll supports, and central circular lamp with removable cover.
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. 171, cat. no. 162, repr. p. 171, details repr. p. 171.
Verification Level
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