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MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1687
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A SILVER TWO-HANDLED BEAKER
MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1687
Tapering cylindrical, with a molded foot rim, with two 18th century molded strap handles, the body engraved Ex dono Wm. Browne senr. Esque., marked on body and under base
5 1/8 in. high; 11 oz.
MARK OF JOHN CONEY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1687
Tapering cylindrical, with a molded foot rim, with two 18th century molded strap handles, the body engraved Ex dono Wm. Browne senr. Esque., marked on body and under base
5 1/8 in. high; 11 oz.
Provenance
First Church in Salem, 1687
Literature
E. Alfred Jones, Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, p. 419, illus. pl. CXXVII
Hermann Frederick Clarke, John Coney, Silversmith 1655-1722, 1932, cat. no. 6
Patricia Kane, Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 322
Hermann Frederick Clarke, John Coney, Silversmith 1655-1722, 1932, cat. no. 6
Patricia Kane, Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 322
Special notice
No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.