1940.72.A-D: Kettle and Stand

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.72.A-D

People

Henry Morris, British (free 1718)

Title

Kettle and Stand

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1754

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/47831

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

37.31 x 22.54 x 19.53 cm (14 11/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
1523 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: Struck under base and on lamp : lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, and with maker's mark; the kettle cover with lion passant and maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Anonymous gift, 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.72.A-D

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The inverted pear-shaped body with applied gadrooned rim, leaf-clad scroll spout and multi-scroll swing handle covered in raffia, wtih removable cover with bud finial; the circular tripod stand with pierced shoulder and apron of foliate scrolls, with leaf-clad multi-scroll supports and central removable lamp wtih reeded cover; the side engraved with a crest within an asymmetrical foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, the kettle cover and lamp cover wtih 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. 205-206, cat. no. 218, repr. p. 206, details repr. p. 205.

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