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Lot Essay
The arms of those of Jones of Boston. John Jones (1709-1772) married Mary Ann Faneuil (1715-1790), sister of Peter Faneuil, circa 1732. John Jones was a prosperous merchant and ship owner with large real estate holdings near the Charles River. A portrait of Mary Ann Faneuil Jones by John Smybert (1688-1751) is in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Few pieces by John Blowers survive. Patricia Kane lists thirteen items, this being the only coffeepot.
Among those known are:
Tankard, circa 1740, Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 265.
Salver on foot, circa 1735-45, engraved with the Quincy Arms, Buhler & Hood, American silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, p. 147.
Porringer and Cann, exhibited Boston Museum of Fine Arts, American Church Silver, 1911, no. 48 and 49.
Pepper Box, exhibited, American Silver and Art Treasures, sponsored by the English Speaking Union, 1960, no 55, Bortman Collection
Strainer, circa 1730, Bortman Collection
Pair of Salts, American Silver Collected by Philip. Hammerslough, Vol. 1, p. 46.
Toddy Ladle, circa 1730-40, sold Sotheby's, New York, June 30, 1982, lot 230
A pepper box, Important Americana including Property Approved for Deacession by the Board of Trustees of Historic Deerfield; Sotheby's, New York 19 January 2007, lot 183.
Few pieces by John Blowers survive. Patricia Kane lists thirteen items, this being the only coffeepot.
Among those known are:
Tankard, circa 1740, Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 265.
Salver on foot, circa 1735-45, engraved with the Quincy Arms, Buhler & Hood, American silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, p. 147.
Porringer and Cann, exhibited Boston Museum of Fine Arts, American Church Silver, 1911, no. 48 and 49.
Pepper Box, exhibited, American Silver and Art Treasures, sponsored by the English Speaking Union, 1960, no 55, Bortman Collection
Strainer, circa 1730, Bortman Collection
Pair of Salts, American Silver Collected by Philip. Hammerslough, Vol. 1, p. 46.
Toddy Ladle, circa 1730-40, sold Sotheby's, New York, June 30, 1982, lot 230
A pepper box, Important Americana including Property Approved for Deacession by the Board of Trustees of Historic Deerfield; Sotheby's, New York 19 January 2007, lot 183.