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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.71
People
Hester Bateman, British (1708 - 1794)
Title
Coffee Pot
Other Titles
Alternate Title: PEAR-SHAPED COFFEE POT LONDON 1781-82
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1781-1782
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227990

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
28.3 × 19.7 × 11.4 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
845 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: HB [Hester Bateman, Grimwade, no. 961]
  • hallmark: cover flange, struck: lion passant
  • maker's mark: cover flange, struck: HB [Hester Bateman, Grimwade, no. 961]
  • inscription: under foot, engraved, scratch weight: 26"12 [18th c. weight without the handle]

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
1966.51.71
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pear-shaped body on flared circular foot with beading; hinged domed cover with beaded edge and cast bud finial; scrolling wooden handle; cast foliate spout; fully marked under foot; scratched "2704 over B55#5" and larger "26 12"

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. 166, cat. no. 153, repr. p. 166.

Verification Level

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