Chafing Dish

Artists

Description

Piereced double-belly bowl with three scrolls around the rim. Bowl is set upon three feet. Turned wood handle.

Dimensions

30.5 cm (12 in.) 510.3 g

Provenance

Walker family, Boston, 18th century. [1] J.H., gift; to Mary C. Shannon, c. 1849. [2] [King Hooper Shop, Boston], sold; to Dorothy Draper Hamlen (d. 1970), Wayland, MA, before 1939, sold [through Parke-Bernet, New York, November 30, 1946, lot 176]. Walter Morrison Jeffords (1882-1960), Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, by descent; to Walter Morrison Jeffords, Jr. (1915-1990) and Kathleen McLaughlin (d. 2003), sold [through Sotheby's, New York, October 29, 2004, lot 680]. Daniel and Susan Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020 Notes [1] A book plate for Edward Walker (c.1739-1801) bears the same arms [2] Per engraving on dish