About this artwork
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Status
- On View, Gallery 165
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- William Cowell
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Title
- Pepper Box
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Place
- Boston (Object made in)
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Date
- c. 1720
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Medium
- Silver
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Inscriptions
- Maker's mark on top of body, near handle: VC Engraved at bottom at edge: 3.8 Engraved on bottom in script: R*Wyer || Christopher Wyer Engraved on side in script: Sarah C. Wyer. 1830.
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Dimensions
- 10.2 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm (4 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.); 101.7 g
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society through the Mr. and Mrs. Jules N. Stiffel and Mrs. Benton J. Willner funds
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Reference Number
- 1990.490a-b
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/120114/manifest.json
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