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Marked by: Thomas Farren (free 1707, died in 1743)
English (London)
1729–30
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H. 9.7 cm x W. 29.9 cm x D. 18.2 cm (3 13/16 x 11 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.);Weight: 927 gm (29 oz 16 dwt)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)
Accession Number33.128
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe shallow bowl of circular form, raised from sheet, has two flat cast handles of geometric openwork design. The raised domed cover has an applied gadrooned rim and a cut-card foliate pattern radiating from the center, where a cast gadrooned finial is placed.
Marks
On underside, maker's mark TF(Grimwade 2749); leopard's head crowned; date letter O; lion passant (repeated on underside of one handle).
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on both handles, crest of Fellowes (GG--an earlier one hasbeen erased, this prob late 18th, early 19th).
INSCRIPTIONS: on bottom, later engraving,"R Ford to JR"
SCRATCHES: on bottom, 30=16; 15=4 (with an X across it). One handle, No48=29-19. Under lid, No48=29-19; 15-8-1/2.
INSCRIPTIONS: on bottom, later engraving,"R Ford to JR"
SCRATCHES: on bottom, 30=16; 15=4 (with an X across it). One handle, No48=29-19. Under lid, No48=29-19; 15-8-1/2.
ProvenanceSold Christie's, London, May 21, 1930, lot 83; Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914). (Accession Date: March 2, 1933)