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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.79
People
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
12.1 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 3 in.)
301 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • 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
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
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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.

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