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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.51.4
People
Maker's mark HB conjoined in shield, British, English (17th century)
Title
Two-handled Cup
Other Titles
Alternate Title: TOY GOURD-SHAPED TWO-HANDLED CUP LONDON 1656-7
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1656-1657
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228300

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3.5 × 8.3 × 5.4 cm (1 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
35 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on rim, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: struck on rim: HB [conjoined, mullet below, in shield-shaped punch] [likely Jackson, p. 119, line 11]

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
1966.51.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular on applied foot of reeded wire, with two similar scroll handles, the sides chased with vertical lobes and stylised flower heads under a punched band.

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. 45, cat. no. 12, repr. in b/w.

Verification Level

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