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Detail: Coat of arms
Sugar box and cover
Marked by: WW
English (London)
1676–77
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver gilt
Dimensions
H. 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.); W. 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); D. 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); Weight 765.5 gm (24 oz 12 dwt)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number55.930a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe base of the box is oval in section with bombé sides; the removable cover is domed, with a crimped rim and an interior bezel. The box rests on four scroll feet and is embossed and chased with shells and acanthus leaves against a matted ground. The cover is similarly decorated, with a handle formed of coiling tendrils enclosing a salamander. The body and the cover are each raised, embossed, and chased. The feet are cast; two have been repaired. The handle is composed of a coiled wire; the salamander in the center is cast. The gilding has been renewed.
Marks
On underside of base and on dome of cover, maker's mark WW above a fleur-de-lys between two pellets in a shaped shield (Jackson, 1921, p. 131; rev. ed. 1989, p. 128); leopard's head crowned; lion passant; date letter T
InscriptionsArmorials: Engraved on each side of rim of box, the crest of Child, for Sir Richard Child of Wanstead, Essex (1679–1749), as Viscount Castlemaine of co. Kerry
ProvenancePurchased from Spink & Son, London, November 10, 1955, Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour.