Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.76
People
Robert Calderwood, Irish (1727 - 1766)
Title
Tea Caddy with Pineapple Finial
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Ireland, Dublin
Culture
Irish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231031

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
16.83 x 13.65 x 9.84 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
583 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: Struck under base: Hibernia, crowned harp and with maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1933. "A Tribute to the Class of 1892"

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
1933.76
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
Straight-sided fluted oval, the sides and hinged domed cover with bands of bright-cut and wrigglework decoration, with pineapple finial; the front with escutcheon-shaped cartouche enclosing a crest of an eagle's head and the initials CB

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), pp. 235-236, cat. no. 273, repr. p. 235, details repr. p. 235.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/2015 - 01/03/2016

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu