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MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, 1716
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A GEORGE I SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND
MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, 1716
Of cottage-loaf form, compressed baluster, with domed cover and wood overhead handle, the circular frame on three scrolled feet centering a detachable burner, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on base and cover of kettle and on stand; the burner struck three times with maker's mark, also with museum accession number 40.193
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high; 90 oz. (2,812 gr.) gross weight
MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, 1716
Of cottage-loaf form, compressed baluster, with domed cover and wood overhead handle, the circular frame on three scrolled feet centering a detachable burner, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on base and cover of kettle and on stand; the burner struck three times with maker's mark, also with museum accession number 40.193
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high; 90 oz. (2,812 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Tiffany & Co., New York, purchased by Theodora Wilbour
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, anonymous gift in honor of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, 11 April 1940
With Alastair Dickenson, London
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, anonymous gift in honor of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, 11 April 1940
With Alastair Dickenson, London
Literature
Ellenor M. Alcorn, English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol. II, fig. 33, pp. 85-86
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