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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.97.A-C
People
Mordecai Fox, British, English (first mark 1730)
Title
Skippet or Seal Box and Seal
Other Titles
Title: Skippet or Seal Box (A), Seal Box Lid (B), and Seal (C)
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
c. 1750
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Period
George II (1727-1760)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229277

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver and wax
Dimensions
3.2 × 16.8 cm (1 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
622 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • maker's mark: interior of box, struck: MF [in shield-shaped stamp] [Mordecai Fox, Grimwade, no. 2025]
  • maker's mark: interior of cover, struck: MF [in shield-shaped stamp] [Mordecai Fox, Grimwade, no. 2025]
  • inscription: on base, engraved, scratch weight: 20 = 1
  • coat of arms: on cover, engraved: the royal arms, supporters, and crown of George II

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, London, May 22, 1929, lot 70. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Archibald Alexander Hutchinson
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.97.A-C
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

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.

Publication History

  • Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp.149-150, cat. no. 129, repr. p. 150, details repr. p. 149.

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