Coffee Pot
Artist
William Gibson (English, active 1682–1705)English, active 1682–1705
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Coffee Pot
Date1701
PlaceEngland
MediumSterling silver and wood
Dimensions10 1/2 × 7 in.
Credit LineGift of George S. Heyer, Jr.
Object number2016.124
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Fit for a King: English Silver from the Collection of George S. Heyer, Jr.," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Alice Pratt Brown Gallery, January 20 - September 16, 2007.
Published References Glanville, Philippa. Silver In England. New York: Holmes & Meier; London: Unwin Hyman, 1987. Schroder, Timothy. The National Trust Book of English Domestic Silver: 1500 - 1900. Harmondsworth: Viking, 1988 Schroder, Timothy, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum. Vol. II., Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, 2009. Banister, Judith. An Introduction to Old English Silver. London: Evans Bros., 1965. Oman, Charles. English Domestic Silver. London: A. and C. Black Limited, 1962. Alcorn, Ellenor, English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Vol.1, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2000. Hartop, Christopher, The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, London, Thomas Heneage & Co. 1996. Grimwade, Arthur, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives from the Original Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources. London, Faber & Faber, 1976. Wees, Beth Carver, English, Irish, & Scottish Silver: at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Hudson Hills press. 1997. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Mark of William Gibson; date letter mark of 1701–02; Britannia standard silver mark; lion passant London mark
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William C. Young
1904
Martelé standard silver, gilt, and ivory
2004.1289.1-.4
