id: 148725 accession number: 1976.17 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.17 updated: 2022-01-04 16:50:18.269000 Box, 1771. Thomas Heming (British, 1722/23-1801). Silver gilt; overall: 12.4 x 18 x 14.4 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.17 title: Box title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1771 creation date earliest: 1771 creation date latest: 1771 current location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: England, London, 18th century technique: silver gilt department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Silver find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Thomas Heming (British, 1722/23-1801) - fabricated by --- measurements: Overall: 12.4 x 18 x 14.4 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review, 1976 opening date: 1977-02-01T05:00:00 Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977). title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020) opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00 British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No legacy exhibitions. --- PROVENANCE (Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1976, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 1976 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1976- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This small box likely held jewelry and may have been accompanied by a mirror, scent bottles, brushes, combs, candlesticks, and small covered bowls on a wealthy woman’s dressing table. digital description: Produced by King George III’s principal goldsmith, Thomas Heming, this silver gilt box closely resembles those he produced for the Queen of Denmark and the ladies of the British court in the 1760s. Adorning the hinged lid is an unidentified scene along with four scallop shells and acanthus leaves. Similarly, the curvilinear sides are ornamented with an array of swirling flora and serpentine lines. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1976." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (February 1977): 39-78. page number: Mentioned: p. 40; reproduced: p. 47 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152676 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.17/1976.17_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.17/1976.17_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.17/1976.17_full.tif