Monteith

Gallery 377a, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Monteith

1703-1704

Workshop of John Leach (English (active London), active from 1682)

The earliest known mention of an English monteith was in 1683. In that year the Oxford diarist Anthony à Wood wrote: "This year in the summer time came up a vessel or bason notched at the brims to let drinking glasses hang there by the foot so that the body or drinking place might hang in the water to coole them. Such a bason was called a 'Montleigh' from a fantastical Scot called 'Monsieur Monteigh' who at that time or a little before wore the bottome of his cloake or coate so notched UUUU." The coat of arms is that of the Howe family of Compton, Gloucestershire, England.

Gallery 377a, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Monteith

Date:

1703-1704

Artist:

Workshop of John Leach (English (active London), active from 1682)

Medium:

Silver

Dimensions:

9 5/16 x 13 13/16 inches (23.6 x 35.1 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986

Accession Number:

1986-26-229

Geography:

Made in London, England, Europe

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Gallery 377a, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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