About the Artwork
Nutmeg Box
1815 or 1816
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English
English
Silver
1 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches (3.0 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Henry Wineman
60.168
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamped inside lid: maker's mark: TP/ER/JP; lion passant in a shield; leopard's head crowned; date letter for 1815/ 1816: U in a shield; King's head facing right. Stamped on inside of bottom: same maker's marks; lion passant; U. Stamped upside down on front: partial lion passant.
Provenance
Albert H. Gary
1934, purchased by Mrs. Henry Wineman
1960-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jackson, Sir Charles J. ENGLISH GOLDSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS, London, 1921, p. 227
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Credit Line for Reproduction
English, Nutmeg Box, 1815 or 1816, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Henry Wineman, 60.168.
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