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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.95.A-B
People
Robert Cooper, British (active 1670 - 1717)
Title
Bowl and Cover
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bowl and Cover, probably from a toilet service
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1700-1701
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
William and Mary (1688-1702)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229015

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver with gilt interior
Dimensions
11.4 x 19 x 13.3 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
414 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on rim, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
  • maker's mark: on rim, struck: mark of Robert Cooper [Grimwade, no. 380]
  • hallmark: exterior of cover, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter
  • maker's mark: exterior of cover, struck: mark of Robert Cooper [Grimwade, no. 380]
  • inscription: base, engraved, scratch weight: 14 = 11
  • coat of arms: side, engraved: crest
  • coat of arms: cover, engraved: crest

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, London, July 5, 1911, lot 11A] to Eben F. Comyns, London, 1911. Sir John Noble, sold [through Christie's, London, June 6, 1935, lot 108]; to [Mallett, London]. 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. in memory of his late niece, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.114.95.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Of shallow circular form on domed spreading foot chased with a band of gadrooning above a plain rim, the lower part of the body chased with a band of gadrooning, with two cast plain scroll handles surmounted by teardrops; the low domed cover with a reeded rim enclosing a chased band of gadrooning, with fluted baluster finial rising from a chased calyx of gadrooning.

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. 194, cat. no. 192, repr. p. 194, details repr. p. 194.

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