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Sugar Box

Probably John Coney American
Retailer Daniel Greenough American
ca. 1710
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 750
Only ten casket-form sugar boxes of colonial American manufacture are known.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sugar Box
  • Maker: Probably John Coney (1655/56–1722)
  • Retailer: Daniel Greenough (1685/86–1746)
  • Date: ca. 1710
  • Geography: Made in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Silver
  • Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 7 9/16 x 6 7/16 in. (13.2 x 19.2 x 16.4 cm); 22 oz. (685 g)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.61
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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