Lot Essay
The arms are those of Barrett. Family tradition holds that this salver was a gift to Sarah Gerrish Barrett from Dorothy Hancock.
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A RARE AND IMPORTANT AMERICAN SILVER SALVER
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN COBURN, BOSTON, CIRCA 1760
Shaped circular, on three cabriole legs with pad feet, the rim of applied scrolls with shells at intervals, the center finely engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the base engraved with inscription DH to SB, marked on base--13 in. diameter
(29 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN COBURN, BOSTON, CIRCA 1760
Shaped circular, on three cabriole legs with pad feet, the rim of applied scrolls with shells at intervals, the center finely engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the base engraved with inscription DH to SB, marked on base--13 in. diameter
(29 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
Sarah Gerrish Barrett, married John Barrett of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Samuel Barrett, son, circa 1761
Anna Barrett Green, daughter, married Isaac A. Green
Thence by descent to Barrett Wendell, Boston, 1920
Edith Greenough Wendell, widow
William Greenough Wendell, son
Francis Appleton Wendell, son
Estate of Francis A. Wendell, Sotheby's, June 26, 1986, lot 54
Samuel Barrett, son, circa 1761
Anna Barrett Green, daughter, married Isaac A. Green
Thence by descent to Barrett Wendell, Boston, 1920
Edith Greenough Wendell, widow
William Greenough Wendell, son
Francis Appleton Wendell, son
Estate of Francis A. Wendell, Sotheby's, June 26, 1986, lot 54
Literature
C. K. Bolton, Bolton's American Armory, Boston, 1927, p.10