Harvard Art Museums > 61.1943: Bowl Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bowl (Unidentified Artist) , 61.1943,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232646. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 61.1943 People Unidentified Artist Title Bowl Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1765-1766 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232646 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 22.5 x 27.3 x 25.4 cm (8 7/8 x 10 3/4 x 10 in.) 2103 g Inscriptions and Marks inscription: side of bowl, engraved: The Gift of / The Board of Overseers / To Abbott Lawrence Lowell / President of Harvard / University / 1933 hallmark: Struck under base: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with ?defaced maker's mark Provenance Recorded Ownership History Loan from Harvard University, 1943 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University Object Number 61.1943 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Hemispherical on square pedestal gadrooned base raised on four gadrooned circular feet, engraved under a gadrooned rim with armorials. This bowl is made out an earlier piece by cutting down an outmoded tea urn, probably shortly before its presentation in 1933, at which time the armorials and the feet were added. 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. 234, fig. 269.
