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PROPERTY OF OLD SOUTH CHURCH IN BOSTON
A COMMONWEALTH SILVER WINE CUP
LONDON, CIRCA 1650, MAKER'S MARK M IN HEART STAR BELOW (JACKSON, REV. ED., P. 121, LINE 1)
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A COMMONWEALTH SILVER WINE CUP
LONDON, CIRCA 1650, MAKER'S MARK M IN HEART STAR BELOW (JACKSON, REV. ED., P. 121, LINE 1)
On circular foot, the baluster stem supporting a plain bowl engraved with inscription "The Gift of H: V: Senior," marked beneath rim and under base
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high; 16 oz. (497 gr.)
LONDON, CIRCA 1650, MAKER'S MARK M IN HEART STAR BELOW (JACKSON, REV. ED., P. 121, LINE 1)
On circular foot, the baluster stem supporting a plain bowl engraved with inscription "The Gift of H: V: Senior," marked beneath rim and under base
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high; 16 oz. (497 gr.)
Provenance
The Old South Church was organized in Boston in 1669 and the congregation grew to include some of America's most prominent thinkers and statesmen. Benjamin Franklin was baptized there in 1707, and patriots Samuel Adams and William Dawes launched the Boston Tea Party from its steps in 1773.
Literature
E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, PL. XIX
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