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Covered box

(American, 1866–1957)
about 1915
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver, enamel, amethyst
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 × 12.7 × 14 cm (3 1/8 × 5 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dyann and Peter Wirth
Accession number2021.690a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenancePrivate collection, Alabama. March 19, 1994, sold at Sotheby's New York, lot 11 to Jacqueline Loewe Fowler (d. 2020), Stamford, CT; 2017, sold at Sotheby's New York (Property from the Jacquline Fowler Collection, June 6, 2017, lot 20) to Peter Wirth, Boston; 2021, given by Wirth to the MFA. (Accession date: December 15, 2021)
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