BK-1977-50
John Vere
1766
Medium
silver (metal)
Dimensions
12.5; 5.1; 14.9; 136
About this artwork
merk
Art Historical Context
**BK-1977-50 by John Vere (1766)** Crafted in 1766 by silversmith John Vere, this delicate silver object—measuring just 5.1 cm high, 14.9 cm long, 12.5 cm wide, and weighing136 grams—exemplifies the exquisite metalwork of mid-18th-century Britain Labeled simply as a "merk," it likely the traditional Scottish merk, a silver coin or token unit of currency that persisted in cultural memory even after Scotland's 1707 union with England. Vere, working in an era when silversmiths blended rococo elegance with emerging neoclassical restraint, would have employed skilled chasing, engraving, and polish...