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Tobacco Box with Cover
Marked by: Edward Cornock (English, first mark entered 1707)
English (London)
1718–19
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H. 2.5 cm x W. 7.6 cm x D. 9.8 cm (1 x 3 x 3 7/8 in.);
Weight: 110.6 gm (3 oz 11 dwt)
Weight: 110.6 gm (3 oz 11 dwt)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number39.183a-b
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe flat oval box has a removable cover. Around the base and the edge of the cover is a chased molded ridge. Each piece is formed of sheet. The base may have had previous engraving removed, since the silver is thin and slighlty uneven.
Marks
On rim of base, maker's mark CO (Grimwade 390a)(repeated on inside cover); Britannia; lion's head erased (repeated on inside cover); date letter C
Inscriptions
INSCRIPTIONS: engraved in scrolled foliate cartouche, cypher, possibly SAM/WELG. engraved on bottom of box, Benjin. Pickman 1780. engraved on underside of lid, I * B / 1719.
INSCRIPTIONS: engraved in scrolled foliate cartouche, cypher, possibly SAM/WELG. engraved on bottom of box, Benjin. Pickman 1780. engraved on underside of lid, I * B / 1719.
ProvenanceAccording to tradition, Benjamin Pickman II (1740-1819) who married Mary, daughter of Bezaleel Toppan, to their son Benjamin III (1763-1843) who married Anstiss Derby (1769-1836), to their daughter Anstiss Derby Pickman (1793-1836) who married John W. Rogers (1787-1872), to their daughter Martha Pickman Rogers (1829-1905) who married John Amory Codman (1824-1886), to their daughter Martha Catherine (1858-1948) who married Maxim Karolik (1893-1963), The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts. (Accession Date: January 12, 1939)