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Tea Canister

(first mark entered 1717)
1722–23
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight: 11.8 cm x width: 8.9 cm x 5.9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.); diameter of foot: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.), weight: 447.9 gm (14 oz 8 dwt)
Credit LineBequest of Frank Brewer Bemis
Accession number35.1604
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on front of canister, the arms of HAMILTON quartering DOUGLAS for the Dukes of hamilton, surrounded by the Order of the Thistle. INSCRIPTIONS: engraved on bottom, 14 = 16
ProvenanceWilliam E. Godfrey, New York, purchased by Frank Brewer Bemis, January 18, 1922, Bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1935).
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