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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.36
People
? John Blake, British, English (c. 1809)
Title
Soup Ladle
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
ladle
Date
1795-1796
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187396

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
33.7 x 10.5 cm (13 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 251 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on stem, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, monarch's head, date letter and maker's mark; also workman's mark of two dots

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David Berg, New York; his 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
1999.306.36
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular bowl and Old English pattern tapering stem engraved with a crest

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. 174, cat. no. 168, repr. p. 174, detaisl repr. p. 174.

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