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Brazier
Marked by: Richard Gurney and Co. (company mark 1734)
English (London)
1743–44
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver, wood
Dimensions
10.7 x 20.3 x 32.3 cm (4 3/16 x 8 x 12 11/16 in.)
Weight: 861.8 gm (27 oz 14 dwt)
Weight: 861.8 gm (27 oz 14 dwt)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman
Accession Number1973.138
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionEach brazier rests on three scrolled legs with flared scallop feet that are cast in several sections. The raised circular bowl has a broad flaring rim and a sunken well at the base, at the top of which is a pierced gallery. The rim is pierced and chased on the outside with C-scrolls and shells. At the center of the bowl is a removable pierced disk formed of sheet, threaded through the base of the bowl with a silver bolt and nut. A turned wooden handle is attached to a horizontal silver nozzle at the top of one leg.
Marks
On underside of each and on underside of each removable plate, leopard's head crowned; date letter h; maker's mark RG with T above and C below, (Grimwade 2325); lion passant.
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on each handle, an unidentified crest (a ship in full sail).
ProvenanceEstate of Mrs. Theodore Lyman, lent by Mrs. Henry Lyman in 1931, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1973)