1933.59: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.59

People

Edward Barnard, British, English (died 1853-55 London)
Rebeccah Emes, British, English

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1818-1819

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230986

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

9.5 × 19.7 × 12.1 cm (3 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
238 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
• maker's mark: under base, struck: RE / EB [in shaped punch/four overlapping circles] [mark of Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, Grimwade, no. 2309]
• hallmark: interior of cover, struck: lion passant, date letter
• inscription: side, engraved: G

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to 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

1933.59

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Compressed circular, on rim foot, with curved short spout, flared shoulder; domed hinged cover with wooden finial, wooden loop handle.

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. 181, cat. no. 176, repr. p. 181, details repr. p. 181.

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