Soap box

Object/Artifact

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Soap box

Entry/Object ID

S 61.12

Description

Silvered spherical soap dish with pierced cover, hinged to open in equal halves. The solid bottom half stands on a reel above a domed foot.

Category

Silver

Acquisition

Accession

S 61.12

Source or Donor

William C. Kennedy

Credit Line

Purchase, 1961

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1730 - 1760

Place

* Untyped Place

France or England

Continent

Europe

Material

Silvered brass

Condition

Notes

Almost all evidence of silver has worn off.

Provenance

Notes

Purchase, William C. Kennedy 1961