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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.70
People
John Tuite, British, English
Title
Waiter
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/230633

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.5 × 16.8 cm (1 × 6 5/8 in.)
250 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on reverse, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on reverse, struck: I [ewer or lamp] T [John Tuite; Grimwade, no. 1722]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Anonymous Gift, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.70
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shaped circular on three hoof feet, the shaped rim with stylized shells at intervals, the field chased, probably in the mid-nineteenth century, with elaborate foliate scrolls.

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. 195-196, cat. no. 196, repr. p. 195, details repr. p. 195.

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