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Beaker Beaker
This is a beaker. It is dated 1767 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Border (Portugal)
- silk embroidery on linen foundation.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-904
- Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of...
- punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1942-36-19
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 15 × 8 cm (5 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
It has the following markings
On the underside of beaker: [1] “DK” in oval with floriated boarder, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Tower with seven lobes below and the number “17 / 67” on either side, impressed (town mark, Bergen, Sweden; date mark, 1767) [3] “IC / 1767”, impressed (assay mark) [4] Gemini zodiac sign, impressed (date mark, May 22 – June 21)
Cite this object as
Beaker Beaker; Norway; silver, gold; H x diam.: 15 × 8 cm (5 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-43
