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Snuff box

about 1748–9
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions 7.78 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Mary L. Smith Fund
Accession Number62.667
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Catalogue Raisonné Buhler, 1972, No. 162
InscriptionsEngraved "John, Machett, Janury, 23d, / 1748/9" underneath snuff box
ProvenanceBuhler Entry: The only man with an aproximation of the name in the published vital statistics of Boston was John Machet who married Elizabeth Perkins January 1, 1785.