Ewer and Cover

14th century (crystal); c. 1600 (mounts); before 1905 (spout)

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 27

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    rock crystal and gilded silver and copper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
    overall (diameter of base): 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.303

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th marquess of Anglesey [1875-1905], Beau-Desert, Staffordshire; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 24 February 1905, no. 105); (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris). Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 43.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 11.

2019

  • Vignon, Charlotte. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. New York, 2019: 224 fig. 80, 224-225, 275 n. 806.

Wikidata ID

Q62131033

You may be interested in

Loading Results