Two-Handled Cup | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1940.71
People: Humphrey Payne, British (1701 - )
Title: Two-Handled Cup
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1739 -1740
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George II (1727-1760)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230634

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

10.5 × 17.5 × 10.5 cm (4 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
257 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: under base, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
maker's mark: under base, struck: HP [Humphrey Payne; Grimwade, no. 1058]

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: 1940.71
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Circular with everted sides, on reeded foot, with two reeded flat scroll handles

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. 202-203, cat. no. 212, repr. p. 202, details repr. p. 202.

Verification Level

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1940.71: Two-Handled Cup