Object details
Accession number
M21w6
Primary Creator
Richard Bayley
(active England, mid 18th century)
Full title
Two-Handled Cup
Creation Date
1749-1750
Provenance
Presented by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society to Isabella Stewart Gardner for her sixteen distinct, named varieties of roses, three of each, at the Rose Exhibition, Boston, 26-27 June 1888.
Marks
Front: "IWM". Back: "ROSE SHOW 1888". Under Lip: "RR" or "Rc", script fragment in cartouche; "O" in cartouche; Lion passant in horizontal rectangle
Dimensions
10.2 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm (4 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silver and silver solder, handmade and hand-chased
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 182.
Tim McCreight. The Complete Metalsmith (Worcester: Davis Publications, 1991).
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