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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.111
People
Alexander Kincaid, Scottish (active 1692-1735)
Title
Hot-Milk Jug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1727-1728
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British, Scottish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221454

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
13 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm (5 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 in.)
245 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: castle, date letter
  • hallmark: under base, struck: EP [in a shaped punch] [assay master's mark, Edward Penman]
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: AK [Alexander Kincaid, Jackson, p. 544, line 11]
  • inscription: on base, engraved: H
  • inscription: on base, engraved, scratch weight: 9 =3 [overscoring] 9 = 4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.114.111
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The egg-shaped body on three splayed and scroll hoof feet headed by tongues, with wood scroll handle and short spout with baluster drop, the hinged domed cover with acorn finial.

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. 130-131, cat. no. 109, repr. p. 130.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/05/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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