Fitted case for pair of Tea Caddies and Sugar Box by Paul de Lamerie.

Fitted case for pair of Tea Caddies and Sugar Box by Paul de Lamerie.

These silver sugar boxes were owned by Charles Cornwallis, a colonial administrator.

Created a by a Dutch artisan in London, the sugar boxes display an exotic woman cultivating a piece of fertile land. Silver boxes like these were owned by affluent individuals in Europe and often revealed status. Wealthy individuals spent considerable sums to commission these boxes and bought imported sugar from the West Indies.

Juan Crestanello

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

1751-7152.

Paul De Lamerie

Paul de Lamerie's sugar box. See: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/sugar-box-37949

The boxes are made out of silver and have the following dimensions: 12.6 x 19 x 27 cm. They have iconography depicting a woman on the front.

Physical Object

Sugar Box.

Mid-eighteenth century