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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
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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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