MARK OF SAMUEL MINOTT, BOSTON, 1758

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A PAIR OF 'TUTORIAL' SILVER SALT CELLARS
MARK OF SAMUEL MINOTT, BOSTON, 1758
Each of cauldron form, on three trefid feet, each engraved Ex dono Pupillorum qui/Admissi Sunt Anno Domini/1758, the base with partial accession number and paper label S.L.63.7.5 M. Bortman, each marked under base
2 3/8 in. (5.9 cm.) diameter; 3 oz. 10 dwt. (114 gr.)

Provenance

Mark Bortman, (1896-1967), collector, Boston

Literature

Department of State, Silver Supplement to the Guidebook to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1973, nos. 67a-b, p. 38
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 694

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Lot Essay

William Kneeland graduated from Harvard in 1751 and was a tutor there from 1754-63. A teapot by Minott, presented to Kneeland in 1763, is owned by Harvard University. Dr. Kneeland practiced in Cambridge and was President of the Massachusetts Medical Society. See lot 97 for a tutorial silver cann by Benjamin Burt.

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