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Maker, possibly by: W. & C. Wynn, British, w. c. 1810 - 1820
Maker, possibly by: R. Timmins & Sons, British, w. c. 1790 - c. 1845
Sugar Cutters
ca. 1820
Steel
1/2 × 3 × 9 1/4 in. (1.27 × 7.62 × 23.5 cm)
University Purchase
1954.27.2
Geography:
Manufactured in Birmingham, England
Culture:
British
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Tools and Equipment
Provenance:
Dealer on the sale was C.E.H. Whitlock.
Bibliography:
Timothy Barringer, Gillian Forrester, and Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale Center for British Art, 2007), 274, fig. 4.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
