MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, NEWBURYPORT, 1805

细节

A PAIR OF SILVER CANNS
MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, NEWBURYPORT, 1805
Of baluster form, on molded foot, with leaf-clad scroll handle, each with a domed detachable cover with bud finial, engraved "Property of the North Church in Salem under the Pastoral Care of the Revd. Thos. Barnard DD. Purchased AD 1805. The gift of Mrs. Johanna Ward," marked under base, covers apparently unmarked
8¼ in. high; 35 oz. 10 dwt. (2)

来源

North Church in Salem, 1805
First Church in Salem, 1924

出版

E. Alfred Jones, Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, p. 436

注意事项

No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.

拍品专文

The donor of these canns, Johanna (Chipman) Ward, was the second wife of William Ward (1761-1827), a China trade merchant and master mariner. They married in 1790 and their home on Essex Street, now called the Bowditch House, is a National Historic Landmark.

CAPTION: Ebenezer Moulton's invoice for this pair of silver canns
The First Church in Salem