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Kitchen Pepper

1713–14
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); Width: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.); Weight: 62.5 gm (2 oz 2 dwt)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)
Accession number37.1168a-b
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ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved on underside, ".M.P."
ProvenanceWalter H. Willson, Ltd., London, purchased by Theodora Wilbour, October 6, 1937, Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlote Beebe Wilbour. (Accession Date: November 17, 1937)
late 18th century
early 18th century
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century