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Tea Canister
Marked by: James Perry (first mark entered 1763)
English (London)
1780–81
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H. 7.9 cm x W. 12.7 cm x 8.3 cm (3 1/8 x 5 x 3 1/4 in.)
Weight: 371 gm (11 oz 18 dwt)
Weight: 371 gm (11 oz 18 dwt)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number1976.609
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe silver canister, formed from pieces of sheet, is rectangular with a hinged, shaped cover. The highly polished plain surface in engraved and chased with a chain pattern along the borders, and the front and back panels have an engraved oval containing a gilt urn against a rayed ground. The side panels are filled with a gilt circle containing an engraved floral motif. The interior of the box is lead-lined. (Set with 1976.608a-c)
Marks
On underside, maker's mark IP (Grimwade 1582); lion passant; leopard's head crowned; date letter e
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on side, in a lozenge for a widow, an unidentified coat of arms (a saltire raguly sable between four nails, impaling argent a chevron sable between three buglehorns stringed, on chief of the second as many lions rampant) impaling Henchman or Hinchman.
ProvenancePurchased from Brand Inglis, Ltd., London, September 8, 1976, Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour. (Accession Date: September 8, 1976)