1966.51.13: Two-handled Cup

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

Permissions

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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.

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