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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.4
People
William Archdall, Irish (1704 - 1751)
Title
Bowl
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1717-1718
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
Irish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229291

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
9.5 × 16.2 cm (3 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.)
469 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: crowned harp, date letter
  • maker's mark: struck under base: WA [mark of William Archdall] [Bennett, no. 521]
  • inscription: base, engraved: E D
  • coat of arms: on side, engraved: coat-of-arms, Daley with those of another on an escutcheon of pretence
  • inscription: on base, engraved, scratch weight: 17 : 1

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to 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
1949.114.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular with tapering sides, on rim foot, with molded rim, the side engraved with a coat of arms within foliate scroll mantling, the base engraved with the initials ED.

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. 115, cat. no. 85, repr. p. 115.

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