Beaker | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.51.3
People: Maker's mark RW, British, English (17th century)
Title: Beaker
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1653-1654
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228354

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9.53 x 8.26 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 167 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: Struck on an inserted base: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, Bequest to Fogg Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year: 1966
Object Number: 1966.51.3
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Of cylindrical form with slightly flaring sides, on cast reeded foot, engraved under the lip with a band of strapwork enclosing stylized foliage and three pendant stylized husk sprays, the side pricked P over WK amid stars.

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. 223, cat. no. 248, repr. p. 223, details repr. p. 223.

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1966.51.3: Beaker