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Shell-Shaped Dish
Marked by: John Bache
English
about 1718
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1.3 x 12 x 12 cm (1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.) Weight: 25 oz (778g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.41.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a set of six (with 2001.41.2-6). Realistically raised and chased as scallop shell.
Marks
Struck on valve with maker's mark of John Bache. No hallmarks.
ProvenanceProbably made for Sir John Curzon, 3rd Bt (d. 1727), Kedleston. By descent to Viscount Scarsdale and the Kedleston Trustees; March 7, 1990, sold by Viscount Scarsdale and the Kedleston Trustees at Christie's, London, lot 180. S. J. Phillips Ltd., London; By 1996, most probably sold by S. J. Phillips to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)