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Pepper Box
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Cylindrical body, a scroll handle with a beaded rattail. The cover is pierced with a finial.
Department of American Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Probably James and Mary (nee Willet) Avery Boston 18th century. [1] Sold [through Christie's New York January 17 2008 lot 164]. Daniel and Susan Pollack gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2020
Notes
[1] The monogram is likely that of James and Mary Avery based on a cup by Cowell ll with the same monogram descended from them. See Patricia Kane "Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers: A Biographical Dictionary based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow & John Marshall Phillips" (1998) p. 351
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum The Pollack Collection gift of Daniel A. Pollack AB ’60 and Susan F. Pollack AB ’64
Title: Pepper Box
Description:
Cylindrical body, a scroll handle with a beaded rattail.
The cover is pierced with a finial.
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