Patch Box
attributed to Jeremiah Dummer, American, 1645 - 1718about 1680
Silver
Overall: 1 1/4 × 5/8 in. (3.2 × 1.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through a gift from Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.986.5.1A-B
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Personal Gear
Classification
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscription
Marked, on inside of base: ID [in rectangle]; engraved, on bottom: AW
Course History
HIST 9.1, Empires and Colonies in North America, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2014
Exhibition History
The Point Association of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, July 21, 1962, no. 25.
The New England Silversmith, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, October 23-November 28, 1965.
St. Julia's Women's Club, Western, Massachusetts, May 25, 1966, no. 16.
Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, May 17, 1964, no. 72.
Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, Massachusetts, March 10, 1963, no. 72.
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 25.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 16, 1997-May 8, 2007.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 22, 1991-June 22, 1997.
Publication History
Sotheby's, The Cornelius C. Moore Collection of Early American Silver ( to be sold for the benefit of Providence College), Providence, Rhode Island, Auction January 31, 1986, no. 68.
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 25.
Provenance
Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1986.
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