Harvard Art Museums > 1949.114.10.A-B: Chocolate Pot Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Chocolate Pot (William Preist)(William Shaw II) , 1949.114.10.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229293. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.114.10.A-B People William Preist, British (1739 - 1811) William Shaw II, British, English (active 1749-1773) Title Chocolate Pot Other Titles Alternate Title: Chocolate Pot with separate top knob Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1753-1754 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period George II (1727-1760) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229293 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver, fruitwood Dimensions 25.4 × 20.3 × 11.4 cm (10 × 8 × 4 1/2 in.) 918 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: on body by handle, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter maker's mark: on body by handle, struck: W / S [pellet] W / P [mark of William Shaw II and William Priest, Grimwade, no. 3335] inscription: on base, engraved: A * W coat of arms: on side, engraved: coat-of-arms and crest [arms of Muschamp impaling an unidentified arms] coat of arms: on side, engraved: crest Provenance Recorded Ownership History Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, gift; 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 1949.114.10.A-B Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Of baluster form, on cast spreading circular foot, with wooden scroll handle and swan-neck spout cast with scrolls and headed by a palmette; the hinged dome cover with removable cap with double-baluster finial; one side engraved with a coat of arms and crest within an asymmetrical foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, the reverse engraved with the same crest above a rocaille and foliate spray. 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. 152-153, cat no. 132, repr. p. 153, details repr. p. 152. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
