About the Artwork
Patch Box
1774 or 1775
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English
English
Silver
Overall: 1 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (2.5 × 8.9 × 3.8 cm)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of the Estate of Lewis E. Williams
52.181
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marked, stamped, on inside of one lid, maker's mark, cursive: MT [or MJ] Marked: [lion passant] Marked: [leopard's head crowned] Marked, date letter for 1774-75: [black letter T in a shield] Marked, stamped, on inside of other lid, maker's mark, cursive: MT [or MJ] Marked, stamped, on interior bottom of one compartment, same maker's mark, this maker's mark is also on interior bottom of other compartment, along with a lion passant.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
English, Patch Box, 1774 or 1775, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Lewis E. Williams, 52.181.
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