Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Pepper Box
William Cowell · c. 1720
Provenance
Ownership history
- Probably Robert Wyer (sometimes spelled Wier or perhaps Weare) (b. Charlestown, MA, 1695/96-1764) and Catherine Swain, Nantucket, MA (m. 1720) probably by descent to Christopher Wyer (1776-1850); by descent to his daughter Sarah C. Wyer Easton (1809-1907), 1830. With Firestone and Parson, Boston, by 1990; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Antiquarian Newsletter, Vol. 1 (April 1991), p. 3.
- Patricia E. Kane et al., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (Yale University Art Gallery, 1998) p. 352.
- Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 16 (ill.).
- Elizabeth McGoey, ed., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), <a href="https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6">https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6</a>, cat. 16 (ill.).
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