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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.25
People
Abraham Buteux, British, English (London 1698 - c.1731 London)
Title
Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1722-1723
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228932

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
10.5 × 10.2 × 19.7 cm (4 1/8 × 4 × 7 3/4 in.)
446 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on base. struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on base, struck: BV / * [Abraham Buteux, Grimwade, no. 249]
  • hallmark: cover, struck: lion's head erased
  • inscription: base, engraved: * C * / I * M
  • inscription: on base, engraved: * T * / I * H

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.114.25
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of globular octagonal form on cast octagonal foot, with straight tapering panelled spout and wooden scroll handle with octagonal sockets; the flat hinged cover enclosed by an engraved band of ovals and circles on a reeded ground with bellflowers at the angles, with wooden compressed spherical finial.

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. 120-121, cat. no. 94, repr. p. 121, details repr. pp.120-121.

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