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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.14
People
Maker's mark EC, British, English (17th century)
Title
Two-handled Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1669-1670
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227962

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
6.7 × 12.7 × 7.9 cm (2 5/8 × 5 × 3 1/8 in.)
89 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: struck under base: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • inscription: on side of cup, pricked under the rim: *S*C*
  • maker's mark: struck under base: EC [Jackson, p. 143, line 8]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George C. Gebelein, Boston, about 1940 [1]. Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

[1] According to a paper label attached to the piece, this was found in an Indian grave on the Tusker Farm, Heneage, NY, prior to 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.51.14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bulbous circular with two twisted wire scroll handles.

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. 60, cat. no. 25, repr. in b/w p. 60, details repr. p. 60

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