Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER HANDLED CUP
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1690
Flaring cylindrical, the scroll handle with beaded rattail, engraved on front Eliza Russell Treuett, engraved twice on base S. Russell, marked near rim and under base--2 1/8 in. high
(1 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1690
Flaring cylindrical, the scroll handle with beaded rattail, engraved on front Eliza Russell Treuett, engraved twice on base S. Russell, marked near rim and under base--2 1/8 in. high
(1 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
Samuel Russell (b.1645) of Boston, married Elizabeth Elbridge (b. 1653) on November 9, 1682
Elizabeth Russell Trevett, daughter of above, married Benjamin Trevett on July 23, 1710
Captain Samuel Russell Trevett, grandson of above and hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Thence by descent to Elizabeth Hooper Betten, seventh in descent from Samuel Russell
Mrs. Paul Hamlin, by purchase
Parke-Bernet, November 3, 1946, lot 123
Mark Bortman Collection
Elizabeth Russell Trevett, daughter of above, married Benjamin Trevett on July 23, 1710
Captain Samuel Russell Trevett, grandson of above and hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Thence by descent to Elizabeth Hooper Betten, seventh in descent from Samuel Russell
Mrs. Paul Hamlin, by purchase
Parke-Bernet, November 3, 1946, lot 123
Mark Bortman Collection
Literature
Francis Hill Bigelow, Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers, New York, 1917, illus. 94, pp. 171-172
Hermann Frederick Clarke, John Coney, Silversmith, 1932, no. 46 (where the inscription is misprinted "Eliza Russell Jewett")
Hermann Frederick Clarke, John Coney, Silversmith, 1932, no. 46 (where the inscription is misprinted "Eliza Russell Jewett")
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1968-1987