1933.77: Teapot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.77

People

? Troby John, British, English (died 1804?)

Title

Teapot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1796-1797

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George III (1760-1820)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231124

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, fruitwood

Dimensions

13.3 x 26.3 x 10.5 cm (5 1/4 x 10 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
412 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
• inscription: on side, engraved: crest of a wolf sejant regardant, its sinister paw supporting an escutcheon charged with three bezants [unidentified]
• maker's mark: under base, struck: IT [stamped in rectangle] [probably for John Troby; Grimwade, no. 1711]

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

1933.77

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Bowed oval with applied horizontal hoops, with tapering spout, wooden loop handle; the hinged slightly domed cover wtih ebonized oval 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), pp. 214, cat. no. 235, repr. p. 214, details repr. p. 214.

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