Lot Essay
The maker's mark is recorded in Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 368, as mark A.
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MAKER'S MARK OF ELIAS DAVIS, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1775
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A SILVER CANN
Maker's mark of Elias Davis, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1775
Baluster, with molded circular rim and foot, the double scroll handle with acanthus grip, the front engraved with monogram PP, also engraved under the base with initals P over I*S, marked twice under base
6.1/8in. high; 13oz. 10dwt.
Davis, Elias
Maker's mark of Elias Davis, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1775
Baluster, with molded circular rim and foot, the double scroll handle with acanthus grip, the front engraved with monogram PP, also engraved under the base with initals P over I*S, marked twice under base
6.1/8in. high; 13oz. 10dwt.
Davis, Elias