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Kettle and Stand

Ambrose Stevenson (free 1701)

1717–18

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver; wood

DimensionsHeight: 36.3 cm (14 5/16 in.), weight: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.), diameter: 8 1/4 in., weight: 2,894.2 gm (91 oz 12 dwt)

Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)

Accession number33.107

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ClassificationsSilver

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InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on each side the coat of arms, crest and motto of Grove impaling O'Grady, for Sir Thomas-Fraser Grove(1823-1897) and Katherine-Grace O'Grady (d.1879) whom he married in 1847. INSCRIPTIONS: iscratched on underside of kettle: "Geo I/1717/A Stevenson/9102_10/R(?)W 2 44)/ 1HTuTu".

ProvenanceJune 18, 1902, sold at Christie's, London, lot 29, and bought by S.J. Phillips, London. By 1913, with J.H. Fitzhenry, ESQ.; November 17, 1913, sold at Christie's, London, lot 59, and bought by Crichton Brothers, London. 1933, Anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 2, 1933)