1773-1774
Boat-shaped on spreading bases with fluted swept handles and removable domed covers with vase-shaped finials, decorated with bright-cut bands of zigzag and scrolling ribbon within applied reeded borders, engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms against later-added foliage, the covers with a crest, engraved under the bases with scratch weights 15=19 and 15=18
13.6 x 21.6 x 9.8 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.) unspecified: 982 g
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, Bequest to Fogg Museum, 1966.
Silver
18th centuryBritish, ScottishSilver, gilt
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th-19th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver, fruitwood, ivory
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th-19th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritish, Scottish