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Beaker
Marked by: TE
English
1679–80
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H. 10.2 cm (4 in.); Diameter (of rim) 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.); Weight 161.6 gm (5 oz 4 dwt)
Credit Line
Bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis
Accession Number35.1569
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe beaker has a flat base with a molded foot and slightly flaring side with an everted rim. It is embossed with acanthus leaves along the base and inverted tulip dangling from a horizontal band of foliage below the rim. The beaker is raised and chased. The drawn wire molding is applied the base.
Marks
On underside of base, indistinct maker's mark, probably TE in monogram, a coronet above in a shaped shield (Jackson, 1921, p. 137; rev. ed. 1989, p. 135); leopard's head crowned; lion passant; date letter B
InscriptionsPricked on side of beaker, indecipherable initials, 1680
ProvenanceLieutenant General Sir Charles Craufurd Fraser. April 21, 1869, Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, lot 145, sold to Spink & Son, London. Arthur Bateman. June 28, 1907, Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, lot 78. By 1924, William E. Godfrey, New York; 1924, sold by Godfrey to Frank Brewer Bemis; 1935, bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1935)