Lot Essay
The engraved inscriptions read, M.A. Bowditch and Harold Bowditch from J. Marcou.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH
A SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1740
Details
A SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1740
Of typical form, the key-hole handle engraved with crest, also engraved on bowl and under base with later presentation inscriptions and scratch weight 8 oz. = 9 dwt. = 0 gr., marked on reverse of handle
8¼ in. (21 cm.) long over handle; 7 oz. 10 dwt. (240 gr.)
MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1740
Of typical form, the key-hole handle engraved with crest, also engraved on bowl and under base with later presentation inscriptions and scratch weight 8 oz. = 9 dwt. = 0 gr., marked on reverse of handle
8¼ in. (21 cm.) long over handle; 7 oz. 10 dwt. (240 gr.)
Provenance
Prof. Jules Marcou (1824-1898)
Dr. Harold Bowditch (1883-1964), Boston
Dr. Harold Bowditch (1883-1964), Boston
Literature
Hollis French, Jacob Hurd and His Sons Nathaniel and Benjamin: Silversmiths 1702-1781, 1939, no. 147, p. 40
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 598
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 598