1966.51.85: Snuffbox

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.85

People

Edward Smith, English (active c. 1823 - c. 1851)

Title

Snuffbox

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

1831-1832

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Birmingham

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/219669

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, gilt

Dimensions

1.6 x 7.3 x 4.1 cm (5/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
74.5 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: interior, struck: anchor, date letter
• maker's mark: interior, struck: ES [Edward Smith; Crisp Jones, p. 333, column 4, no. 9, top]
• hallmark: interior of cover, struck: duty mark, lion passant
• maker's mark: interior of cover, struck: ES [Edward Smith; Crisp Jones, p. 333, column 4, no. 9, top]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.51.85

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Oblong, the base, sides and hinged cover with continuous engine-turning, the cover with vacant rectangular cartouche and foliate thumb-piece.

Publication History

• Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 182-183, cat. no. 178, repr. p. 183, details repr. p. 182.

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