Harvard Art Museums > 1957.9.1-3: Pair of Tea Caddies in Box 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"Pair of Tea Caddies in Box (Thomas Ash) , 1957.9.1-3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/51542. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1957.9.1-3 People Thomas Ash, British (active 1695-1715) Title Pair of Tea Caddies in Box Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1714-1715; box: c. 1739-1756 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/51542 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver and pewter; box: silver, wood, shagreen, and velvet Dimensions 11.4 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm (4 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.) 375 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: on bodies, covers, bases and handle plate, struck Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mrs. John Alden Carpenter, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter in memory of her husband, John Alden Carpenter Accession Year 1957 Object Number 1957.9.1-3 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu 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 Rectangular with canted corners and molded borders, with octagonal domed caps with baluster finials, the bases sliding open to reveal removable pewter liners, the sides engraved with elaborate foliate scroll cartouches headed by shells, with female masks below and flanked by winged female busts, enclosing a coat of arms, each engraved under the bases M-T and Pr 12=3. The box of rectangular form, covered in black-stained shagreen and raised on four silver paw feet, the front fitted with a shaped silver key plate and hasp, the top with a shaped silver plate engraved with a crest, with swing handle, the interior lined with green velvet with silver gadrooning. 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. 106-108, cat. no. 73, repr. p. 107, details repr. pp. 106-107. Exhibition History 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
