American Silver Cann, Philip Syng, Jr., Philadelphia, Circa 1730-35

Isaac Norris (1671-1735) to James Logan (1674-1751) of Stenton.
William Logan (1718-1776), and by descent in the family until sold
Sotheby's, New York, June 28 and 30, 1984, lot 81

Isaac Norris I and James Logan were close friends, and Isaac Norris II married Logan's daughter Sarah in 1739. 

The elder Norris was Mayor of Philadelphia in 1724, a member of the Governor's Council for more than thirty years, and was named a trustee of the Province of Philadelphia in William Penn's will.  The Norris family were important patrons of Syng, with eight items by the Syngs appearing in a 1757 inventory of Isaac Norris II's plate.

James Logan (1674-1751) was a Scots-Irish Quaker statesman, administrator and scholar, and colonial secretary to William Penn.  He was Mayor of Philadelphia in 1722, served as acting governor 1736-38, was a founding  trustee of the College of Philadelphia, and served as chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. His library of over 3000 volumes was given to the Loganian Library, which he had built on 6^th Street in Philadelphia. His estate at Stenton is now a National Historic Landmark.

The 1752 inventory of Stenton after James Logan's death lists in the plate "2 Large Cups... 2 ditto smaller".  A later cann by Philip Syng Jr. for the Logans, circa 1750-55 and engraved with their crest, is in the collections at Stenton

Philadelphia 1976: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art, Bicentennial Exhibition, April 11-October 30, 1976, no. 25, p. 30.