Old Sheffield-type Wax Jack
Unknown English, English
about 1790
Silver plate
Overall: 6 × 3 7/8 in. (15.2 × 9.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Little, Class of 1931
M.975.94
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Furnishings: Lighting Device
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
Eighteenth Century English Silver, Harrington Silver Display Case, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 20-August 25, 1980.
Harrington Silver Display Case, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 4-June 1, 1977.
Harrington Silver Display Case, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 2, 1978-unknown.
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