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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.13
People
Maker's mark WG, trefoil below, British, English (17th century)
Title
Two-handled Cup
Other Titles
Alternate Title: GOURD SHAPED CUP WITH TWO HANDLES LONDON 1669-70
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1669-1670
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
Charles II (1660-1685)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219666

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
8.9 x 14 x 10.2 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in.)
158 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: WG [trefoil below in heart-shaped punch] [Jackson, p. 123, line 16]
  • inscription: under rim, pricked: * E * / W * M

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.51.13
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bulbous circular with flat base, two scroll handles, pricked under the rim with the initials E over WM.

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. 191, cat. no. 185, repr. p. 191, details repr. p. 191.

Verification Level

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