1933.55: Teapot
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.55
- People
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William Paradise, British (active 1716 - c. 1750)
- Title
- Teapot
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Skittleball Teapot
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1725-1726
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George I (1714-1727)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230984
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver, ivory
- Dimensions
-
12.7 x 20.3 x 11.7 cm (5 x 8 x 4 5/8 in.)
457 g - Inscriptions and Marks
-
- hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
- maker's mark: under base, struck: WP [mark of William Paradise, Grimwade, no. 3250]
- maker's mark: cover, struck: WP [mark of William Paradise, Grimwade, no. 3250]
- hallmark: cover, struck: lion passant
- inscription: on base, engraved: N / W * E
- inscription: on base, engraved, scratch weight: 13 = 6 = 0 =
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1933.55
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Globular spreading foot, faceted curved spout, ivory loop handle, flush hinged cover, with circular ivory finial, engraved on shoulder with band of bellflowers with masks at intervals.
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. 125, cat. no. 100, repr. p. 125, details repr. p. 125.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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