1966.51.74: Sugar Basin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.74

People

John Denziloe, British (born 1774)

Title

Sugar Basin

Other Titles

Title: Sugar Basket

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1785-1786

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228039

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

15 × 13 × 8.3 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
175 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark [George III, left facing]
• maker's mark: under base, struck: JD [John Denziloe, Grimwade, no. 1255]
• coat of arms: on side, engraved: crest of a head of a bearded man [probably a later addition]

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

1966.51.74

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Boat-shaped on spreading foot, applied with beaded borders, with beaded swing handle, the side engraved with a crest of the head of a bearded man.

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. 168, cat. no. 157, repr. p. 168, details repr. p. 168.

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