Wine Cup | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.51.7
People: Maker's mark ET, crescent below, British, English (17th century)
Title: Wine Cup
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1662-1663
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228357

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

10.8 x 7.9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
104 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: struck on rim: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
hallmark: struck on underside of foot: lion passant
maker's mark: struck on rim: ET [crescent below] [Jackson, p. 122, line 5]

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: 1966.51.7
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Circular with deep bowl on trumpet foot punched with a band of matting, the bowl chased with panels enclosing stylised flowers on a matted ground under a punched band, the interior chased with a stylised flower head

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. 46, cat. no. 14, repr. in b/w.

Verification Level

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1966.51.7: Wine Cup