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Lot Essay
Several silver objects which belonged to the Greene family of Warwick, Rhode Island survive. A pair of porringers by Samuel Casey, dating from 1745-1758, were engraved with the initials of Mary Greene Clapp's parents, John and Mary Greene. These porringers and other silver which descended in the Greene family, including a silver caudle cup by Samuel Vernon, and another pair of porringers by Samuel Casey, sold in these Rooms, June 25, 1991, lots 37, 39 and 40.
Mary Greene Clapp inherited the farm and homestead of her father. She died in her 38th year, but her husband Silas Clapp and his descendants occupied the farm through the nineteenth century. The inventory of Silas Clapp's estate in 1777 lists a group of silver. The "small cup" probably refers to present cup.
One Silver Tankard and four porringers, one beer
Cup and one other Small Cup. Eleven Large
Table Spoons. Twelve Teas Spoons and one pr. L 26 18 4
Clasps, wt. 80oz and 15p. Troy
The makeing the above Plate............................. 7 10 0
(The Clapp Family of America, compiled by Ebenezer Clapp, Boston, 1876)
Mary Greene Clapp inherited the farm and homestead of her father. She died in her 38th year, but her husband Silas Clapp and his descendants occupied the farm through the nineteenth century. The inventory of Silas Clapp's estate in 1777 lists a group of silver. The "small cup" probably refers to present cup.
One Silver Tankard and four porringers, one beer
Cup and one other Small Cup. Eleven Large
Table Spoons. Twelve Teas Spoons and one pr. L 26 18 4
Clasps, wt. 80oz and 15p. Troy
The makeing the above Plate............................. 7 10 0
(The Clapp Family of America, compiled by Ebenezer Clapp, Boston, 1876)