id: 393706 accession number: 1965.467.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.467.a updated: 2020-11-14 10:03:16.046000 Bowl, 1715-16. Benjamin Pyne (English, active 1693-1727). Silver gilt; diameter: 32.9 cm (12 15/16 in.); overall: 26.9 x 37.5 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning 1965.467.a title: Bowl title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1715-16 creation date earliest: 1715 creation date latest: 1716 current location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning copyright: --- culture: England, London technique: silver gilt department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Silver find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Benjamin Pyne (English, active 1693-1727) - fabricated by --- measurements: Diameter: 32.9 cm (12 15/16 in.); Overall: 26.9 x 37.5 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: engraved, center of bowl: arms, crest of Byam family (mantling and helmet were probably engraved at time bowl was made, crest and arms were altered to those of Byam at later date). Rim engraved with Byam Crest (also presumably not original). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No legacy exhibitions. --- PROVENANCE Anthony de Rothschild date: footnotes: citations: Warren Holmes [1841-1899] and Mary Helen Wick [1841-1929] Corning, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1965- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The name Monteith is said to come from a mythical Scotsman named Monteigh, who wore cloaks with a similar notched pattern. digital description: This bowl’s notched rim allows for glasses to be suspended in water for cooling and cleansing between courses during a long dinner. The rim can be removed and the bowl used for punch as well. A year before Benjamin Pyne began this bowl, he was appointed Subordinate Goldsmith to the King in preparation for George I’s coronation (r. 1714–1727). Like much of his work, this Monteith bowl is characterized by its scale and simplicity. wall description: This bowl’s notched rim allows for glasses to be suspended in water for cooling and cleansing between courses during a long dinner. The name, Monteith, is said to come from a mythical Scotsman named Monteigh, who wore cloaks with a similar notched pattern. The rim can be removed and the bowl used for punch as well. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53, no. 7 (September 1966): 181-284. page number: Mentioned: p. 277; Reproduced: p. 224, listed no. 14 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152110 Birk, Eileen F. "Current and Coming - Anniversary Year Celebrations." Antiques 90 (September 1966). page number: Reproduced: p. 286 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=STIDN&submit=Search&request=0003-5939 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 151 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n175 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 192 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n212 Lee, Georgina E., and Ronald A. Lee. Monteith Bowls, Including American and European Examples. Byfleet: Manor House Press, 1978. page number: Mentioned: p. 46; Reproduced: pl. 47 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=5099949 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.467.a/1965.467.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.467.a/1965.467.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.467.a/1965.467.a_full.tif