Pepper Box
Object type: Box, caster
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: William Breed
Artist bio: 1719–1761/62
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1755
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 3 13/16 x 2 1/4 in. (9.7 x 5.7 cm); 2 oz. 17 dwt. (89.1 g)
Base: Diam. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Body: H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); 2 oz. 5 dwt. (70.2 g)
Cover: H. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); 12 dwt. (18.9 g)
Geography: Made in Boston   United States  
Credit line: Bequest of Margaret N. Breck Stone, in memory of the Hall-Mansfield families of New Haven, Connecticut, 1932
Accession year: 1933