Comb with case

about 1680

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver and tortoiseshell

Dimensions18.4 × 11.8 × 1.1 cm (7 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 7/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot

Accession number60.1173a-b

On View

On view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsOne face is engraved with a nut-bearing tree and two pineapples (?) and is inscribed, A CASHV TREE. The reverse is engraved with the arms of Jamaica supported by standing men wearing loincloths, one bearing a bow and arrow and the other a spear. Below is the engraved motto, INDVS VUERQUE SERVIET VNI.

ProvenancePercival D. Griffiths: How (of Edingburgh), London: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot, October 13, 1960.