Not currently on display at the V&A

Flask

1728-1729
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flask from a toilet set, vase shaped, moulded foot and rim, domed cover surmounted by an acorn knob. Engraved coat of arms.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, raised and engraved.
Brief description
Flask from a toilet service, silver, London hallmarks (Britannia standard) for 1728-29, mark of Abraham Buteux.
Physical description
Flask from a toilet set, vase shaped, moulded foot and rim, domed cover surmounted by an acorn knob. Engraved coat of arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.5in
  • Diameter: 2.375in
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks (Britannia standard) for 1728-29
  • Mark of Abraham Buteux
  • Engraved with a crest and a coat of arms: Rudge or Ridge co. Sussex quartering Delafosse and with Howard of London quartering Cole and another in pretence.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Ethel Gurney
Object history
Bequest - Ethel Gurney
Acquisition RF: 39 / 3532
Exhibitions: Let's Face it, 9 June - 30 September, 1986, Museum of London
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Watts, Old English Silver, 1924, Pl.82b, 82/72
Collection
Accession number
M.147J/1-1939

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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