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Detail of engraving: a scene from Jean de La Fontaine’s [fable] “L’Ermite” (The Hermit).
Detail of scene engraved to the left of the handle, depicting Africo and Mensola from Boccaccio’s [poem] “Ninfale Fiesolano” (Nymphs of Fiesole).
Detail of engraving of a scene from “Cimon and Iphigenia” taken from Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron.
Detail of engraved figure of Iphigenia
Detail of engraved figure of Cimon.
Detail of engraved sheep in Cimon and Iphigenia scene.
Detail of engraved figures of Africo and Mensola in scene from “Ninfale Fiesolano” (Nymphs of Fiesole).
Detail of engraved figure of the hermit from the “L’Ermite” scene.
Detail of engraved figures of the widow and her innocent daughter from the “L’Ermite” (The Hermit) scene.
Detail of engraved figures of the widow and her innocent daughter from the “L’Ermite” (The Hermit) scene.
Detail of lid.
Detail of lid.
Francis Crump
English, free 1741
Teapot
1772/73
Teapots were status symbols in eighteenth-century England, often made from precious materials and intricately decorated. The sides of this silver teapot are covered with narrative scenes, including an episode from “Cimon and Iphigenia,” a story from Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron and a tale from the fables of Jean de La Fontaine. The scenes are minutely engraved onto the silver, with ornamental designs filling the remaining surfaces.
| Medium | silver and wood |
| Dimensions | 4 3/8 x 7 5/16 x 3 13/16 in. (11.1 x 18.6 x 9.7 cm) Weight: 11.8 oz (334.4 g) |
| Object Number | 1963.165 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by the Clark, 1963 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Francis Crump, Teapot, 1772/73, silver and wood. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1963.165
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Provenance
Sold Christie's, London, 5 February 1947, lot 152 (Property of a Gentleman); bought Kaye; Woolcombe-Boyce collection, sale Graves Son & Pilcher, Hove, 26 June 1963, lot 90; bought S. J. Shrubsole, Ltd., London; sold to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, invoice dated 14 January 1964.
