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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.62
People
Edward Vincent, British, English
Title
Teapot
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Skittleball Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1725-1726
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230963

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
11.7 × 20.6 × 10.2 cm (4 5/8 × 8 1/8 × 4 in.)
357 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: EV [Edward Vincent; Grimwade, no. 648]
  • maker's mark: cover, struck: EV [Edward Vincent; Grimwade, no. 648]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of C. R. Simpkins, "A Tribute to the Class of 1892."
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.62
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Globular on spreading foot, with faceted tapering spout, wood scroll handle, and hinged flush cover with wood finial

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. 198-199, cat. no. 203, repr. p. 199, details repr. p. 198.

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