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A FINE OCTAGONAL SILVER PEPPER BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF ANDREW OLIVER, BOSTON, CIRCA 1740
Of octagonal form on molded base, rising to a molded rim, with removable panelled domed pierced cover with baluster finial, with scroll handle, the base engraved T*C, marked under base--4¼in. high
(3oz.10dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF ANDREW OLIVER, BOSTON, CIRCA 1740
Of octagonal form on molded base, rising to a molded rim, with removable panelled domed pierced cover with baluster finial, with scroll handle, the base engraved T*C, marked under base--4¼in. high
(3oz.10dwt.)
Provenance
The initials TC are thought to be those of Thomas Churchill of Plymouth Masachusetts. His wife was Mary Churchill.
J. Herbert Gebelein, 1950
J. Herbert Gebelein, 1950
Literature
"American Silver 1670-1803: The Cornelius C. Moore Collection at Providence College," p. 109, no. 131
Exhibited
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, "Early American Silver from the Collection of Cornelius C. Moore," January, 1961, no. 32
Newton College at the Sacred Heart, Newton, Massachusetts, March 10, 1963, no. 16
Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, May 17, 1964, no. 106
Newton College at the Sacred Heart, Newton, Massachusetts, March 10, 1963, no. 16
Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, May 17, 1964, no. 106