Creator(s): Samuel Penbeton (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The shape of the box is of a coffin with a domed cover. Around the edges of the top, the base and the sides, is an engraved vine scroll of leaves. On the bottom is engraved a monogram. On the front under the thumbpiece is a simulated key hole in the shape of a shield of arms. The interior is gilded.
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Birmingham, England
- Date made:
- 1801
- Size:
- 3.8 x 7 cm (1 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.218
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM On lid: Lion passant (sterling standard, 1773-1867); King's head (duty mark, George III, 1784-1820); SP (maker Samuel Penbeton); on bottom: anchor (Birmingham Assay office); Date letter d in a shield (1801); SP on a rectangle (maker Samuel Penbeton); on bottom: EO
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973