VesselsBritish18th century
Sponge Box
1744- 1745
Artists
John JacobArtist
Description
Spherical on spreading foot, with mid-rib, the removable upper half pierced with a continuous pattern of commas.
Dimensions
10.2 × 8.9 cm (4 × 3 1/2 in.) 205 g
Provenance
Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891-1965), Philadelphia. David Berg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1999.
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