1966.51.23: Tankard
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1966.51.23
- People
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Maker's mark IS with cinquefoil below, British (17th century)
- Title
- Tankard
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1686-1687
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228387
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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15.2 x 18.1 x 11.8 cm (6 x 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
550 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: struck on rim: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
- hallmark: struck on top of cover: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
- maker's mark: on rim: [traces of maker's mark] [apparently IS with cinquefoil below, possibly for John Spackman, Jackson, p. 136, line 18]
- maker's mark: top of cover: [traces of maker's mark] [apparently IS with cinquefoil below, possibly for John Spackman, Jackson, p. 136, line 18]
- maker's mark: handle: [apparently IS with cinquefoil below, possibly for John Spackman, Jackson, p. 136, line 18]
- coat of arms: front, engraved: the arms appear to be those of Williams, as borne by John Williams, Bishop of Chichester (1696-1709)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1966.51.23
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Tapering cylindrical on molded foot, with tubular scroll handle with applied ribbing at the shoulder, the flat domed hinged cover with corkscrew thumb-piece, the front engraved with a coat of arms within crossed foliate plume mantling.
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. 76, cat. no. 39, repr. p. 76, details repr. p. 76.
Verification Level
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