Lot 65
65
A PAIR OF SILVER CANNS
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A PAIR OF SILVER CANNS

MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, NEWBURYPORT, 1805

Details
A PAIR OF SILVER CANNS
MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, NEWBURYPORT, 1805
Each baluster form, on molded foot, with leaf-clad scroll handle, each with detachable domed cover with bud finial, engraved "Property of the North Church in Salem," marked under base, covers apparently unmarked
7½ in. high; 30 oz. (2)
Provenance
North Church in Salem, 1805
First Church in Salem, 1924
Literature
E. Alfred Jones, Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, p. 436
Special notice
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Lot Essay

CAPTION:
Ebenezer Moulton's invoice for the four silver canns (lots 65 and 66), signed by E.A. Holyoke, donor of lot 59
The First Church in Salem

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