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Box

Dateca. 1760

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)

DimensionsOH: 1 1/2"; OL: 2 1/8"; OW: 2".

Credit LineGift of Ellen and Mickey Simon

Object number2024-220,A&B

DescriptionBox: circular box molded in the form of a wigged face with a slightly concave threaded screw-top; decorated with brown tortoiseshell colors. A portion of the edge of the circular screw-top was broken off before firing and then decorated and glazed.Provenance1971 sold at [Christie's, London England]; 1971-1997, purchased by Jim and Nancy Dine (Vermont and New York); October 1997, sold [Sotheby's, The Collection of Jim and Nancy Dine]; 1997-2016, acquired by Irvin and Anita Schorsch (Hidden Glen Farms, Meadowbrook, PA); 2016, sold by Irvin and Schorsch estate [Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 2016]; 2016-2024, acquired by Mickey and Ellen Simon (Philadelphia, PA); 2024, given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)