Charger with Foliate Rim and Peacock Decoration
mid-14th century
Dimensions
overall (max.): H. 8 × Diam. (across points) 48.9 cm (3 1/8 × 19 1/4 in.) footring: Diam. 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Nicholas Marshall Cummins (by 1891–1904), by inheritance; to Martina Josephine Cummins (1904–1945), by inheritance; to Philip Cummins (1945–after 1955), sold; to Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA (after 1955–1961), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961. Notes: 1. Collector Nicholas Marshall Cummins (1834/5–1904), an Irish engineer employed by the British East Indian Railway Co. who retired to Magog, Quebec, Canada in 1891. 2. Martina Josephine Cummins (d. 1945), wife of Nicholas Marshall Cummins 3. Philip Cummins (1884–1986), son of Nicholas Marshall Cummins 4. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963), Harvard College Class of 1906
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