Wine Taster | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.51.16
People: Maker's mark S over V in shaped punch, British, English
Title: Wine Taster
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 1675
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219667

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Technique

Chased

Dimensions

3.8 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm (1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
unspecified: 57 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: on rim, struck twice: S [over] V [in shaped punch] [unknown, Jackson, p. 277, line 5]
inscription: engraved, on rim: IH

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year: 1966
Object Number: 1966.51.16
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Of shallow circular form with two wire scroll handles, the interior chased with a stylized serpent with beaded borders.

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. 65-66, cat. no. 30, repr. in b/w on p. 65.

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1966.51.16: Wine Taster