Important Governor John Endicott English Cast Brass 'Tudor' 'Chalice and Paten' Circular-Based Candlestick, mid-16th Century
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January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Important Governor John Endicott English Cast Brass 'Tudor' 'Chalice and Paten' Circular-Based Candlestick
mid-16th Century
Height 13 1/2 in.
Governor John Endicott (Endecott) (c. 1588-1665) m. Elizabeth (Cogan) Gibson, Boston, Massachusetts;
Gifted to Rev. Nathaniel Ward (1578-1652);
descended through the Ward family until purchased by Mrs. Charles H. Masury (Evelyn Fellows);
Capt. Charles H. Masury (1842-1928) m. Evelyn Fellows (1851-1933), Danvers, Massachusetts;
son Col. Alfred Fellows Masury (1882-1933);
thus by descent in the Masury family;
Skinner Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, March 22, 1998, sale 1835, lot 15;
Jonathan Trace, Putnam Valley, New York;
Mark and Marjorie Allen, Amherst, New Hampshire.
Gifted to Rev. Nathaniel Ward (1578-1652);
descended through the Ward family until purchased by Mrs. Charles H. Masury (Evelyn Fellows);
Capt. Charles H. Masury (1842-1928) m. Evelyn Fellows (1851-1933), Danvers, Massachusetts;
son Col. Alfred Fellows Masury (1882-1933);
thus by descent in the Masury family;
Skinner Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, March 22, 1998, sale 1835, lot 15;
Jonathan Trace, Putnam Valley, New York;
Mark and Marjorie Allen, Amherst, New Hampshire.
Bath, Maine, Centennial Exhibition, 1876.
Manti Messenger, Manti, Utah, "Ancient candlestick," May 8, 1925, p. 3;
Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, "Danvers features historic house," July 3, 1930, p. 9.
Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, "Danvers features historic house," July 3, 1930, p. 9.
A closely related candlestick is illustrated in Christopher Bangs, The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper-Alloy Socket Candlesticks, A.D. 200-1700, (Bethlehem, PA: Oaks Printing Company, Inc., 1995), pp. 90 and 247, no. 52. Another is illustrated in Eloy Koldeweij, The English Candlestick 1425-1925, (London: Christie’s Books Limited, 2001), p. 41, no. 6.
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