Snuffbox
Dublin Core
Title
Snuffbox
Subject
Vaccination
Snuffboxes
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
Silver (metal)
Description
This silver snuffbox was a gift from Edward Jenner to Benjamin Waterhouse and contained quills impregnated with cowpox vaccine matter for use in America. In a letter dated November 16, 1802, Waterhouse said,"Dr. Jenner has been to me what the sun is to the moon... Dr. Jenner has just sent me a present I highly prize, a silver box inlaid with gold of exquisite taste and workmanship, bearing the inscription, 'Edward Jenner to Benjamin Waterhouse.' But Mr. [John] Ring annexed the superscription in rather a hyperbolic style, 'From the Jenner of the Old World to the Jenner of the New World.'"
Abstract
Silver snuffbox given to Benjamin Waterhouse by Edward Jenner, containing quills impregnated with cowpox vaccine
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1802, circa
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Uncataloged Museum Objects
Format
image
Extent
1 snuffbox
Language
English
Type
physical object
Identifier
DigID0002452
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. William Roscoe Thayer to the Harvard Medical School, 1933
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Snuffbox,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6640.