Skippet or Seal Box and Seal
c. 1750
Artists
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.
Dimensions
3.2 × 16.8 cm (1 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.) 622 g
Provenance
[Christie's, London, May 22, 1929, lot 70. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948.
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