Beaker
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Designer / Maker
Designed by William Burges (1827-81)
Manufactured by Charles Hart , for Joseph Hart & Son (partnership circa 1855-circa 1866)
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Detail
Silver
10.7 cm (high)
English (London), 1862
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Provenance
Probably a christening present from William Burges to Jessie Green; thence by descent; sold at unidentified auction, 10 May 1990, bt. Cameron; private collection
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Inscribed
‘JESSIE GREEN FROM WILLIAM BURGES AN NO DNI MDCCCLXII’
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Collection
Private collection
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Notes
The original drawings for this beaker, by Burges, are in his album ‘Orfèvrerie Domestique’, now held at the R.I.B.A., London (p. 18). The engraving depicts the ‘Seven Ages of Man’.