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Metalwork
Coffee Pot
Peter Archambo, (active 1699 - 1759)
Archambo, Peter
England
1699 - 1759
Male
8 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (21.6 x 18.7 x 11.4 cm)
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Silver
Silver
1732
1732
1732
18th century, vessels
Metalwork
In 18th-century Britain, sterling silver was the “coinage of the realm,” and literally worth its weight. The ownership of silver goods, however, was more than a display of wealth; it was also an expression of a patron’s taste, education, and power. The government recognized the importance of the silversmiths’ trade to the economy, and closely monitored the quality and hierarchy of British artisans through requirements for silver weights and hallmarks. Their wide variety of goods found markets at the royal court, among a growing professional and merchant class, and through expanding international trade.
Quality British silver of this period has long been a favorite of private collectors. The majority of MAG’s collection of continental and English silver comes from the Woodward family, who donated over 70 pieces in the 1950s.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1956.17
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/11/2000
56.17SL1
slide
with 56.44.1 & .2
2 x 2
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negative
full front
5 x 7
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glossy
full front
5 x 7
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glossy
full front
8 x 10
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full front
8 x 10
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56.17DI1
digital image
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56.17SL2
slide
with 56.43, 56.42.1, 56.39, 56.23, 56.44.1 , 56.18
2 x 2
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56.17DI#2
digital image
1/26/2010
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