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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.58
People
William Preist, British (1739 - 1811)
William Shaw II, British, English (active 1749-1773)
Title
Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1753 - 1754
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230961

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, fruitwood
Dimensions
14.6 × 23.5 × 11.4 cm (5 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
482 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: under base, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: under base, struck: W / W [pellet] S / P [mark of William Shaw II & William Preist, Grimwade, no. 3335]
  • coat of arms: on side, engraved: crest of an arm palewise holding a sword [unidentified]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, 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
1933.58
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Inverted pear-shaped, on spreading foot, leaf-clad scroll spout, wood loop handle, hinged domed cover topped by artichoke finial, one side engraved with 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. 153, cat. no. 133, repr. p. 153, details repr. p. 153.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 12/31/2024

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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