1949.114.19: Water Jug
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.114.19
- People
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Gabriel Sleath, British (1674 - 1756)
- Title
- Water Jug
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1741-1742
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George II (1727-1760)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229297
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: under base; struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and with maker's mark
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
- Accession Year
- 1949
- Object Number
- 1949.114.19
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Baluster on spreading molded foot with short spout with ribbed drop and tubular scroll handle headed by a palmette
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. 231, cat. no. 265, repr. p. 231.
Verification Level
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