Harvard Art Museums > 1966.51.9: Small Two-Handled Cup 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"Small Two-Handled Cup (Maker's mark HN, bird with olive branch below) , 1966.51.9,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228302. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1966.51.9 People Maker's mark HN, bird with olive branch below, British, English (17th century) Title Small Two-Handled Cup Other Titles Title: Toy Two-handled Cup Alternate Title: TOY? GOURD-SHAPED TWO-HANDLDED CUP LONDON 1663-4 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1663-1664 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period Charles II (1660-1685) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228302 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 5.4 × 9.8 × 6 cm (2 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 69 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: under rim, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter maker's mark: under rim, struck: HN [bird with olive branch below] [Jackson, p. 122, line 9] inscription: under rim, pricked: NH 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 1966.51.9 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 Bulbous circular, with two wire scroll handles, chased with a broad band of stylized flowers with granulated flutes between, all below a punched band, the base punched with a star pattern, pricked under the rim with the initials NH amid scrolls 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. 190-191, cat. no. 184, repr. p. 190, details repr. p. 184. 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
