Harvard Art Museums > 1966.51.2: Basin Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Basin (Unidentified Artist) , 1966.51.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 02, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228299. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1966.51.2 People Unidentified Artist Title Basin Other Titles Alternate Title: BOWL LONDON 1640-41?1619-20? Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1640-1641 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228299 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 11.11 x 39.37 cm (4 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.) 1194 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: Struck on rim: lion passant, trace of leopards head, date letter and with traces of maker's mark Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, Bequest to Fogg Museum, 1966. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot Accession Year 1966 Object Number 1966.51.2 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Of plain circular raised form, the sloping sides with applied plain moulded rim, the center late flat chased with a Chinaman by ruins with a banner and a ho-ho bird above, within a stylized strapwork circular cartouche, the interior sides flat chased with similar borders and with ho-ho birds amid exotic foliage 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. 222, cat. no. 246, repr. p. 222, details repr. p. 222. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
