Pepper Box

Artists

Description

Cylindrical body, a scroll handle with a beaded rattail. The cover is pierced with a finial.

Dimensions

9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.) 60 g

Provenance

Probably James and Mary (nee Willet) Avery, Boston, 18th century. [1] Sold [through Christie's, New York, January 17, 2008, lot 164]. Daniel and Susan Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020 Notes [1] The monogram is likely that of James and Mary Avery based on a cup by Cowell ll with the same monogram descended from them. See Patricia Kane, "Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers: A Biographical Dictionary based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow & John Marshall Phillips" (1998), p. 351