1933.65.A-B: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.65.A-B

People

Probably J. Rowbotham & Co.

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1774-1775

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Sheffield

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230964

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood, ivory

Dimensions

13.6 x 22.9 x 10.2 cm (5 3/8 x 9 x 4 in.)
408 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: crown, lion passant, date letter
• hallmark: cover flange, struck: lion passant
• maker's mark: under base, struck: I. R. & Co. [probably for J. Rowbotham & Co.; Jackson, p. 441, line 16]
• coat of arms: on side, engraved: crest of a martlet with wings outstretched

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

1933.65.A-B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Cylindrical with reeded foot rim, tapering spout, wood loop handle, and removable domed cover with ivory circular finial, the side engraved with a crest.

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. 210, cat. no. 226, repr. p. 210.

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