1966.51.79: Tea Caddy
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1966.51.79
- People
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Cornelius Bland, British (active 1772 - 1796)
- Title
- Tea Caddy
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1793-1794
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George III (1760-1820)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228015
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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12.1 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 3 in.)
301 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
- maker's mark: under base, struck: C [pellet] B [Cornelius Bland, Grimwade, no. 271]
- hallmark: inside of cover, struck: lion passant
- coat of arms: front, engraved: crest with a man's head
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1966.51.79
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Straight-sided oval with bright-cut bands of patræ within wrigglework borders; the hinged domed cover wtih dog-tooth border and vase-shaped finial; fitted with a lock.
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. 172-173, cat. no. 165, repr. p. 173, details repr. p. 172.
Verification Level
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