1933.56.A-B: Teapot and Stand

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.56.A-B

People

William Alldridge

Title

Teapot and Stand

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1773-1774

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230985

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

11.7 × 17.5 × 7.3 cm (4 5/8 × 6 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
246 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
• hallmark: cover interior, struck: lion passant
• maker's mark: under base, struck: W [pellet] A [William Aldridge; Grimwade, no. 3005]
• maker's mark: cover interior, struck: W [pellet] A [William Aldridge; Grimwade, no. 3005]
• coat of arms: on sdie, engraved: TENTO [in ribbon motto] / crest

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

1933.56.A-B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Tall cylindrical with scroll tubular spout, wood scroll handle, the removable slightly domed cover with gadrooned border and flame form 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), p. 209, cat. no. 224, repr. p. 209, details repr. p. 209.

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