Patch Box Maker: Jacob Hurd (American, 1702–1758)

1735–40

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

7/16 × 1 1/8 × 15/16 in., 7 dwt (1.1 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm)

Credit Line

John Marshall Phillips Collection

Accession Number

1956.10.2a-b

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Walter M. Jeffords, Glen Riddle, PA; gift in 1956 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), 596
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 120, no. 137, ill
  • "In the Museums," Antiques (July 1957), 76
  • Josephine Setze, "American Art," Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University 23 (February 1957), 21–22, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

"IHURD" in relief within cartouche on inside bottom.

Inscriptions

Coombs crest, within simple border, engraved on cover.

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