1999.306.11.A-B: Sponge Box

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.306.11.A-B

People

John Jacob, British (active 1734 - 1773 )

Title

Sponge Box

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1744- 1745

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/187499

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

10.2 × 8.9 cm (4 × 3 1/2 in.)
205 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: under base, struck: [crown] / JJ / [illegible shape] [John Jacob, Grimwade, no. 1433]
• hallmark: inside cover, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• maker's mark: inside cover, struck: [crown] / JJ / [illegible shape] [John Jacob, Grimwade, no. 1433]
• inscription: under base, punched: E. W. D. [likely for Eleanor Widener Dixon]
• coat of arms: on side, engraved: crest of two wings outstretched [unidentified]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891-1965), Philadelphia. David Berg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

1999.306.11.A-B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Spherical on spreading foot, with mid-rib, the removable upper half pierced with a continuous pattern of commas.

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), pp. 148-149, cat. no. 127, repr. p. 148.

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