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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.
AN AMERICAN SILVER CREAM JUG
MAKERS MARK BB PROBABLY FOR BENJAMIN BRENTON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1740
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER CREAM JUG
MAKERS MARK BB PROBABLY FOR BENJAMIN BRENTON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1740
Of baluster form on stepped molded foot, capped double-scroll handle, underside of foot engraved with block initials E*R, marked on underside BB in a rectangle
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
5 oz. 4 dwt. (162 gr.)
MAKERS MARK BB PROBABLY FOR BENJAMIN BRENTON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1740
Of baluster form on stepped molded foot, capped double-scroll handle, underside of foot engraved with block initials E*R, marked on underside BB in a rectangle
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
5 oz. 4 dwt. (162 gr.)
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1820, 1954, p. 165.
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