Lot Essay
This wine cup is the earliest English silver vessel in the possession of any American church (see E.A. Jones, op. cit., p. 47).
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PROPERTY OF OLD SOUTH CHURCH IN BOSTON
A JAMES I SILVER-GILT WINE CUP
LONDON, 1607, MAKER'S MARK TB OVER A SUNBURST
Details
A JAMES I SILVER-GILT WINE CUP
LONDON, 1607, MAKER'S MARK TB OVER A SUNBURST
The cup set on a slightly domed cast foot chased with flutes, the baluster stem supporting a flaring bowl chased with gadrooned calyx and grapevines against a punched ground, with shield-shaped cartouche later engraved with the inscription, 'Property of the Old South Church', marked on body
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high; 11 oz. (350 gr.)
LONDON, 1607, MAKER'S MARK TB OVER A SUNBURST
The cup set on a slightly domed cast foot chased with flutes, the baluster stem supporting a flaring bowl chased with gadrooned calyx and grapevines against a punched ground, with shield-shaped cartouche later engraved with the inscription, 'Property of the Old South Church', marked on body
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high; 11 oz. (350 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. XVII
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