AN AMERICAN SILVER EWER, maker's mark of Jones, Shreve, Brown & Co., Boston, 1854-1857, the ovoid body on raised circular foot with applied grapevine rim, the body and neck chased and engraved with swirling grapevine centering engraved inscription The Directors of Washington University St. Louis Missouri to Edward Everett 23 April 1857; with spout with applied vine rim, and elaborate grapevine scroll handle--15¾in. (40cm.) high, 46.5oz.