1940.80: Waiter
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.80
- People
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James Morison, British (1740 - )
- Title
- Waiter
- Other Titles
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Title: Tray
Alternate Title: Plain tray, pie-crust edge, 3 legs, George II - Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1755-1756
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George II (1727-1760)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230517
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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2.9 x 19 cm (1 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
271 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Anonymous gift, 1940
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.80
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Shaped circular, raised on three hoof feet, the scroll rim with stylized shells at intervals
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. 206, cat. no. 219, repr. p. 206.
Verification Level
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