MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1690-1700

Details

A FINE SILVER TABLESPOON
MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1690-1700
Trefid pattern, the handle and reverse of bowl with laceback decoration, the oval bowl with rat-tail, the reverse of handle engraved with monogram MS and H over I*E; marked on reverse of handle
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) long; 10 oz. 10 dwt. (58 gr.)

Provenance

Mary Shrimpton (1667-1746), by descent to her daughter
Mary Gibbs (1699-1761), to her daughter
Elizabeth Cotton (1722-1782), who married in 1750 Jonathan Hastings (1708/9-1783)
By descent in the Parker and Clark families, sold
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 12-13 April 1977, lot 168
S.J. Shrubsole, New York

Literature

Jeannine Falino & Gerald W.R. Ward, Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000: American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2008, p. 155
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 329

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Lot Essay

The monograms engraved on the handle are those of Mary Shrimpton (1667-1746) and those of her granddaughter Elizabeth Cotton (1722-1782) and her husband Jonathan Hastings (1708/9-1783), who married in 1750. The present example is the fifth known spoon from this set. Three are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and one is in the Garvan Collection at Yale University. A tankard made by Coney for Mary Shrimpton is also in the collection of Yale University.

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