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MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1720
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1720
The pierced keyhole handle slightly later engraved with block initials S*F and date 1745, marked on inside base (Kane mark C)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, over handle
10 oz. 12 dwt. (330 gr.)
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1720
The pierced keyhole handle slightly later engraved with block initials S*F and date 1745, marked on inside base (Kane mark C)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, over handle
10 oz. 12 dwt. (330 gr.)
Provenance
S. Franklin, by 1745.
Mrs. Robert C. Terry, by 1951.
Mrs. Robert C. Terry, by 1951.
Literature
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 416.
Kathryn C. Buhler, "John Edwards, Goldsmith, and his Progeny," The Magazine Antiques, vol. LIX, no. 4, April 1951, pp. 289-290, fig. 5.
Kathryn C. Buhler, "John Edwards, Goldsmith, and his Progeny," The Magazine Antiques, vol. LIX, no. 4, April 1951, pp. 289-290, fig. 5.