Pepper box
Knight Leverett
(American, 1702 or 1703–1753)
about 1735
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 6.7 x 4.1 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joel Larus in honor of Jane Bortman Larus
Accession number2007.326
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Inscriptions"W=F" in block letters on bottom; "E. Storer to M.A.S.H." in script on side.ProvenanceProbably made originally for an owner with the initials "W.F." as engraved on the bottom; later possibly owned by Ebenezer Storer of Boston and his family; the later inscription "E. Storer to M.A.S.H." may reflect descent from an Ebenezer Storer to a Mattie S. Hatch"; later acquired by a collector, Mrs. Miles White, Jr., , and sold at auction of her collection at American Art Association Anderson Galleries, New York, December 3-5, 1936, lot 440; acquired by the dealer James Graham and Sons, New York, who sold it to W.T. H. Howe; subsequently offered at auction of Howe collection; acquired by the donor and given to the Museum in 2007.
