Lot Essay
Less than half a dozen pieces marked by Hancock are known.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH
A SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JOHN HANCOCK, BOSTON, CIRCA 1770
Details
A SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JOHN HANCOCK, BOSTON, CIRCA 1770
Circular, with pierced keyhole handle, engraved JSH, marked on handle and inside bowl
8 ¼ in. (20.6 cm.) long; 8 oz. (257 gr.)
MARK OF JOHN HANCOCK, BOSTON, CIRCA 1770
Circular, with pierced keyhole handle, engraved JSH, marked on handle and inside bowl
8 ¼ in. (20.6 cm.) long; 8 oz. (257 gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 3 June 1989, lot 303
Literature
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 525
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