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AN AMERICAN SILVER COVERED PITCHER
MAKER'S MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, BOSTON OR NEWBURYPORT, CIRCA 1820
Baluster form, on circular base molding, the scroll handle with heart-shaped terminal, the domed cover with fluted thumbpiece and oval finial, marked under base--10 in. high
(34 oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, BOSTON OR NEWBURYPORT, CIRCA 1820
Baluster form, on circular base molding, the scroll handle with heart-shaped terminal, the domed cover with fluted thumbpiece and oval finial, marked under base--10 in. high
(34 oz.)
Provenance
Reuel Williams (June 2, 1783-July 25, 1862), first U.S. Senator from Maine
Thence by descent to Bill Smith, Small Point, Maine
F.O. Bailey Co., July 24, 1987
Ronald Bourgeault Antiques, Hampton, New Hampshire
Reuel Williams was born in Augusta Maine, where he read and practiced law, specializing in land cases. "His forensic efforts were remarkable for methodical arrangement, logical claerness and intellectual force; his language, without ornament, was direct and to the point. The fairness and candor with which he presented the strong points of his cases to a jury was captivating, and being sustained by weight of personal character, never sullied in practice, his efforts were generally successful" (James W. North, The History of Augusta, Augusta, Maine, 1870, pp. 512-513). Williams was also a politician and philanthropist, serving eight years in the state legislature and six years as U.S. Senator, resigning to attend to business matters in 1842. In 1831, he was appointed Commissioner of Public Buildings for Maine, and 1834 he personally gave ten thousand dollars to found the State Insane Hospital. Williams's honorary degress included an A.M. from Harvard College in 1815, an A.M. from Bowdoin in 1820, and an LL.D. from Bowdoin in 1855.
Thence by descent to Bill Smith, Small Point, Maine
F.O. Bailey Co., July 24, 1987
Ronald Bourgeault Antiques, Hampton, New Hampshire
Reuel Williams was born in Augusta Maine, where he read and practiced law, specializing in land cases. "His forensic efforts were remarkable for methodical arrangement, logical claerness and intellectual force; his language, without ornament, was direct and to the point. The fairness and candor with which he presented the strong points of his cases to a jury was captivating, and being sustained by weight of personal character, never sullied in practice, his efforts were generally successful" (James W. North, The History of Augusta, Augusta, Maine, 1870, pp. 512-513). Williams was also a politician and philanthropist, serving eight years in the state legislature and six years as U.S. Senator, resigning to attend to business matters in 1842. In 1831, he was appointed Commissioner of Public Buildings for Maine, and 1834 he personally gave ten thousand dollars to found the State Insane Hospital. Williams's honorary degress included an A.M. from Harvard College in 1815, an A.M. from Bowdoin in 1820, and an LL.D. from Bowdoin in 1855.