Harvard Art Museums > 1940.73: Basket 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"Basket (Herbert, Samuel, and Co.) , 1940.73,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230515. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1940.73 People Herbert, Samuel, and Co., British (1750 - ) Title Basket Other Titles Title: Cake Dish Alternate Title: CAKE DISH, PIERCED SILVER, WITH HANDLE, GEORGE II Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1764 - 1765 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period George III (1760-1820) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230515 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 26.7 × 33.3 × 27.9 cm (10 1/2 × 13 1/8 × 11 in.) 820 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: outside of body, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter maker's mark: outside of body, struck: mark of Samuel Herbert & Co. [Grimwade, no. 2545] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Anonymous gift, 1940 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift Accession Year 1940 Object Number 1940.73 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 Oval basket with flaring rim pierced with band of repeating quatrefoils and rope-twist edge; sixteen pierced panels with alternating crosses with scrolls and flowers divided by repousse beaded curving motifs; on raised, oval pierced foot rim with rope-twist edges; curved plain swing handle with banded edge, flaring in centre. 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. 208-209, cat. no. 223, repr. p. 208, details repr. p. 208. 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
