MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, NEWBURYPORT, 1805

Details

A PAIR OF SILVER CANNS
MARK OF EBENEZER MOULTON, NEWBURYPORT, 1805
Of baluster form, on molded foot, with leaf-clad scroll handle, each with a domed detachable cover with bud finial, engraved "Property of the North Church in Salem under the Pastoral Care of the Revd. Thos. Barnard DD. Purchased AD 1805. The gift of Mrs. Johanna Ward," marked under base, covers apparently unmarked
8¼ in. high; 35 oz. 10 dwt. (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

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.

Lot Essay

The donor of these canns, Johanna (Chipman) Ward, was the second wife of William Ward (1761-1827), a China trade merchant and master mariner. They married in 1790 and their home on Essex Street, now called the Bowditch House, is a National Historic Landmark.

CAPTION: Ebenezer Moulton's invoice for this pair of silver canns
The First Church in Salem

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