Tobacco Box and Lid
1712-1713
Artists
Description
Of oval form with bulging base, the removable cover engraved with a circular coat of arms and crest within elaborate foliate scroll mantling enclosing baskets of fruit, cornucopiæ, and lambrequins.
Dimensions
2.2 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm (7/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 in.) 110 g
Provenance
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
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