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Tobacco Box and Lid

Tobacco Box and Lid

BoxesBritish18th century

Tobacco Box and Lid

1712-1713

Artists

Edward CornockArtist

Description

Of oval form with bulging base, the removable cover engraved with a circular coat of arms and crest within elaborate foliate scroll mantling enclosing baskets of fruit, cornucopiæ, and lambrequins.

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Silver

Culture

British

Period

Queen Anne (1702-1714)

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

2.2 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm (7/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 in.) 110 g

Provenance

Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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