Wax jack
John Richardson
(English, active 1668–1695)
about 1675–85
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsH. 22.9 cm (9 in.); W. 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.); D. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Weight 1,221.9 gm (39 oz 6 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number61.185
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenancePossibly given by Charles II, King of England and Scotland (b. 1630 - d. 1685) to Benjamin Fellows, London (?) [see note 1]; by descent within the family to Colonel C. F. Fellows; December 18, 1930, Fellows sale, Sotheby's, London, to William Permain, London, for William Randolph Hearst (b. 1863 - d. 1951), New York; November 17, 1937, Hearst sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 31, to Tessier for £395. 1961, Mrs. R. Makower; March 16, 1961, posthumous Makower sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 140, sold to Thomas Lumley Ltd., London; 1961, sold by Thomas Lumley to the MFA for £3,600. (Accession Date: April 12, 1961).
NOTES:
[1] According to the 1937 Hearst auction catalogue, "this piece is traditionally believed to have been given by Charles II to an ancestor of the late Colonel Fellows, possibly Benjamin Fellows of the City of London."
NOTES:
[1] According to the 1937 Hearst auction catalogue, "this piece is traditionally believed to have been given by Charles II to an ancestor of the late Colonel Fellows, possibly Benjamin Fellows of the City of London."
