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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.61
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Mote Spoon
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
spoon
Date
c. 1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187477

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Technique
Pierced
Dimensions
15.2 cm (6 in.)
9.5 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on stem, struck: [illeg. letter] R [unidentified maker's mark]

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
1999.306.61
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pierced rat-tail bowl and pointed stem.

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. 145, cat. no. 124, repr. p. 145.

Verification Level

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