An American Silver Cann, Joseph Goldthwait, Boston, 1730-35
No reserve
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An American Silver Cann, Joseph Goldthwait, Boston, 1730-35
Of wide pear form on raised foot, scroll handle springing from a drop, the front engraved with baroque scrollwork cartouche enclosing a lion couchant gardant holding a British naval flag, the base engraved 11 oz. (original weight), marked with crowned initials with pellet between and device below, within shield, at right of handle and on bottom.
5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high
10 oz. 10 dwt. (326 g)
Mark Bortman
Bortman-Larus Collection
William Core Duffy, New Haven, CT
Wolf Family Collection No. 0713 (acquired from the above on May 8, 1984)
Bortman-Larus Collection
William Core Duffy, New Haven, CT
Wolf Family Collection No. 0713 (acquired from the above on May 8, 1984)
West Coast Museums, 1952
London, English-Speaking Union, An Exhibition of American Silver and Art Treasures, 1960
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, The New England Silversmith, 1965, cat. no. 89
Washington, D.C., Department of State, 1972-83 (Diplomatic Reception Rooms)
London, English-Speaking Union, An Exhibition of American Silver and Art Treasures, 1960
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, The New England Silversmith, 1965, cat. no. 89
Washington, D.C., Department of State, 1972-83 (Diplomatic Reception Rooms)
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 489
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