1949.114.82: Skewer
Tools and Equipment
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.114.82
- People
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Samuel Godbehere, British (active 1786-1800)
Edward Wigan, British (active 1786-1800)
- Title
- Skewer
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Work Type
- skewer
- Date
- 1796- 1797
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
- Period
- George III (1760-1820)
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229326
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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32 × 32.1 cm (12 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
114 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- hallmark: wide end, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter, duty mark
- maker's mark: wide end, struck: SG / EW [Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan; Grimwade, no. 2516]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, 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
- 1949.114.82
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Plain tapering with oval ring terminal.
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. 214, cat. no. 236, repr. p. 214, details repr. p. 214.
Verification Level
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