1933.61.A-D: Teakettle on Stand with Lamp

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.61.A-D

People

Peter Bateman, British
Ann Bateman, British
Paul De Lamerie, British (Bois-le-Duc 1688 - 1751 London)

Title

Teakettle on Stand with Lamp

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

stand

Date

1792-1793

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54159

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

26.35 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7 x 4 in.)
unspecified: 717 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: Base of both components: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark and wtih maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA; his 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

1933.61.A-D

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Baluster, with short spout, wooden handle; the hinged domed cover with wooden finial applied with a silver calyx; the circular stand with multi-scroll supports, with removable circular lamp and cover

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. 236-237, cat. no. 275, repr. p. 237, details repr. p. 237.

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