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Box with ivory lid

(1707–1777)
1750
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver, ivory
Dimensions5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Emily D. Chapman
Accession numberRES.25.23
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ClassificationsSilver hollowware
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Inscriptionsengraved: "Jany. 1st 1816 II By her grandmother J. A. to J. E. C. 5th generation it as pass'd" Marked RG shaded Roman capitals, pellet between, in cartouche.
ProvenanceBuhler entry: James Ivers, m. Hannah Trecothick, 1753; their daughter Jane, m. Benjamin Austin; their granddaughter Jane Eliza Collidge, m. Dummer Rogers Chapman; descended in the family to the donor.
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