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Marked by: Thomas Farren (free 1707, died in 1743)
English (London)
1727–28
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 5.4 x 42.5 cm (2 1/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Weight: 60 oz 4 dwt (1872g)
Weight: 60 oz 4 dwt (1872g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.108
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Struck on reverse with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1727-8), and with maker's mark of Thomas Farren.
ProvenanceMade for Robert Knight (1702-1772). By 1937, J. P. Morgan, 12 Grosvenor Square, London and Wall Hall, Hertfordshire; by descent to Henry S. Morgan; by descent to Mrs. Catherine A. Morgan; April 18, 1989, sold by the Estate of Mrs. Catherine A. Morgan at Christie's, New York, lot 570, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)