MARK OF SAMUEL VERNON, NEWPORT, CIRCA 1720

Several silver objects which belonged to the Greene family of Warwick, Rhode Island survive. A silver handled cup, also by Samuel Vernon, which belonged to Mary Green sold at Christie's on January 21, 2000, lot 327. A Samuel Vernon tablespoon engraved with the initials of Ann Green sold in these Rooms, January 16, 2003, lot 122. A pair of porringers by Samuel Casey, dating from 1745-1758, were engraved with the initials of Ann and Mary'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.