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Hot-water urn
English (London)
1812
Medium/Technique
Silver gilt, ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
Weight: 42.06 lb. (19.08 kg)
Weight: 42.06 lb. (19.08 kg)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously and from the Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, and Russell B. and Andrée Beauchamp Stearns Fund and by exchange from the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Anonymous gifts in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914), and Bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis
Accession Number2005.532.1a-c
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionA two-handled hot-water urn in the form of an ancient amphora, on square base and four lion's paw, scroll and anthemion feet, the underside with detachable lamp, lamp cover and frame, the body with bifurcated serpent and berried laurel and rosette scroll handle and detachable slightly domed cover with spirally-fluted bud finial, the straight spigot issuing from an anthemion, scroll and rosette panel and with eagle's mask terminal and anthemion ivory tap.
Marks
Maker's mark of Paul Storr
InscriptionsStamped on base: "RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFCES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE". Engraved with arms of Richard, 1st Earl Howe (1796-1870), probably added upon the creation of the title in 1821.
ProvenanceProbably by 1821, Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe (b. 1796 - d. 1870), 1st Earl Howe, Gopsall, Leicester, England [see note 1]; by descent within the family to his great-grandson, Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon (b. 1884 - d. 1964), 5th Earl Howe; July 1, 1953, Earl Howe sale, Christie's, London, lot 139, to N. Bloom and Son, London and New York, for £1,450. July 5, 2000, anonymous sale, Christie's, London, lot 6, to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York. 2005, Koopman Rare Art, London; 2005, sold by Koopman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] The arms engraved on the pieces from this Breakfast Service (MFA accession nos. 2005.532.1 - 2005.532.11) are those of Penn, for the 1st Earl Howe. It is not known when he acquired the set, but the arms were probably added around 1821 when his title was created.
NOTES:
[1] The arms engraved on the pieces from this Breakfast Service (MFA accession nos. 2005.532.1 - 2005.532.11) are those of Penn, for the 1st Earl Howe. It is not known when he acquired the set, but the arms were probably added around 1821 when his title was created.