Pepper box Maker, attributed to: Charles Whiting (American, 1725–1765)

ca. 1750–60

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
other (Lip): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1934.345

Geography

Made in Norwich, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Possibly originally owned by Jerusha (Talcott) Lathrop, Norwich, CT; Mrs. James Kingsley Blake, New London, NH; Francis P. Garvan, New York, to 1934; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Peter J. Bohan and Philip H. Hammerslough, Early Connecticut Silver 1700–1840 (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2007), 45, pl. 22, ill
  • 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. 243, no. 350, ill
  • Gregor Norman-Wilcox, "American Silver Spice Dredgers, Part II," Antiques 45 (February 1944), 84, no. 57, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

pepper shakers

Marks

"CW", pellet above each letter, in conforming punch on bottom

Inscriptions

"IL" engraved on bottom; "1744/ 1764/ 1877/ 1909" added later on front panel

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