Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pepper box
Object name
Pepper box
Date
ca. 1730
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 5.7 x 8.6 cm )
Description
Seamed silver pepper box; cylindrical body seamed to the right of the handle and around the flat, set-in base; applied, molded baseband; applied, plain s-scroll handle; domed, circular lid with bezel and geometric and trefoil pierce work; engraved, "S/ I * I" and "M * T" in block letters on the base; maker's mark stamped below the rim to the left of the handle.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1976.32ab
Marks
engraved: on the base: "S/ I * I" above "M * T" both in block letters
stamped: below the rim, left of the handle: "SS" in roman letters in a rectangle
Gallery Label
Silversmith Simeon Soumain is known to have been a slave owner. In 1741, when the "Great Negro Plot" threatened in New York City, Soumain's slave Tom told authorities that the conspirators asked him to get swords from his master's shop. Two years later, Soumain advertised that a pepper box much like this had been stolen.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
