1948.97.A-C: Skippet or Seal Box and Seal

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1948.97.A-C

People

Mordecai Fox, British, English (first mark 1730)

Title

Skippet or Seal Box and Seal

Other Titles

Title: Skippet or Seal Box (A), Seal Box Lid (B), and Seal (C)

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

c. 1750

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229277

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver and wax

Dimensions

3.2 × 16.8 cm (1 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
622 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• maker's mark: interior of box, struck: MF [in shield-shaped stamp] [Mordecai Fox, Grimwade, no. 2025]
• maker's mark: interior of cover, struck: MF [in shield-shaped stamp] [Mordecai Fox, Grimwade, no. 2025]
• inscription: on base, engraved, scratch weight: 20 = 1
• coat of arms: on cover, engraved: the royal arms, supporters, and crown of George II

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Christie's, London, May 22, 1929, lot 70. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Archibald Alexander Hutchinson

Accession Year

1948

Object Number

1948.97.A-C

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Of plain circular form with reeded borders, the removable flat cover engraved with the Royal achievement within a scribed circle. The box contains a wax seal.

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.149-150, cat. no. 129, repr. p. 150, details repr. p. 149.

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