Teapot | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.71
People: Solomon Hougham, British, English (c. 1820)
Title: Teapot
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1804
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229126

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

12.07 x 20.96 x 7.62 cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 3 in.)
unspecified: 218 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: Struck under base: lion passant, leopard's head, duty mark, date letter and with maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of C. R. Simpkins, "A Tribute to the Class of 1892."
Accession Year: 1933
Object Number: 1933.71
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Boat-shaped with reeded rim, wooden loop handle and tapering straight spout; the hinged domed cover with oval wooden 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. 238-239, cat. no. 278, repr. p. 238, details repr. p. 238.

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1933.71: Teapot