Cruet Set
Samuel Wood
(about 1704–1794)
1747–48
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsH. 18.2 cm x W. 21.6 cm x D. 21.2 cm (7 3/16 x 8 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.); Weight: 2,480.6 gm (79 oz 15 dwt)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.83.1-6a-b
ClassificationsSilver
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved in cartouche on stand and in cartouches on each of the three casters, the arms of Wheelwright impaling Apthorp, for Nathaniel Wheelwright (1721-1765) who married Ann , daughter of Charles Apthorp of Boston. On covers of cruet bottles, an unidentified crest (a wolf's head).
INSCRIPTIONS: scratched on underside ofstand, oz / 35-2. "Mark b Young". scratched under base of each caster, 38 " 10 " 0.ProvenanceGift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Karolik to the MFA for The M. and M. Maxim Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts. (Accession Date: January 19, 1939)
