Caster | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1989.35
People: William Townsend, Irish
Title: Caster
Other Titles: Title: Kitchen Caster
Alternate Title: George I Kitchen Castor
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 1720
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin
Culture: Irish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219267

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

6.67 x 5.72 x 3.81 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
47 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: on side, struck: Hibernia, crowned harp
maker's mark: on side, struck: [mark of William Townsend] [Bennett, no. 575]
coat of arms: on side, engraved: an arm in armor embowed [unidentified]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mary Henle, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1989

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mary Henle
Accession Year: 1989
Object Number: 1989.35
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Slightly tapering cylindrical, on flat base with plain flat scroll handle, the domed removable cover pierced with plain holes (with later fitted liner), 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), p. 149, cat. no. 128, repr. p. 149, details repr. p. 149.

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1989.35: Caster