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A SILVER CANN

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A SILVER CANN
MAKER'S MARK OF SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, 1740-1750

Baluster form, on molded circular base, with molded rim and scroll handle, the front engraved with a contemporary crest, one side later engraved with a crest above the monogram C.W.V.R, marked under base--4 7/8in. high
(11oz.)

Exhibited

The M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Washington State Museum, 1952
Canbura, Australia, 1965
U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, John Quincy Adams State Room, 1972-1983

Lot Essay

The crests are those of the Grosvenor and Van Rensselaer families

An identical cann by Soumaine is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, illustrated in Buhler & Hood, American Silver, 197--, fig. 606, pp. 59-60.