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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.79
People
Robert Abercrombie, British (born 1731)
Title
Tray
Other Titles
Alternate Title: SMALL PLAIN TRAY, PIE CRUST EDGE, 3 FEET, GEORGE I I
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1738-1739
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230594

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.5 × 16.2 cm (1 × 6 3/8 in.)
224 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on reverse, struck: [illegible] A [under a crown] [probably for Robert Abercromby, Grimwade, no. 2254]
  • inscription: reverse, engraved, scratch weight: 7 = 18 = ½

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.79
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shaped circular, raised on three hoof feet, with molded border, the reverse engraved with scratch weight 7 = 18 = 1/2

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. 142-143, cat. no. 122, repr. p. 142, details repr. p. 143.

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