Lot Essay
The crest is that of the Paine, Everard, or Fayerweather family.
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SOLD BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART, TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF EDWARD WEBB, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1710
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF EDWARD WEBB, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1710
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with a crest of a beaver holding a fish in its mouth, marked on interior and reverse of handle EW in a rectangle (Kane mark A)
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long, over handle
7 oz. 4 dwt. (224 gr.)
MARK OF EDWARD WEBB, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1710
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with a crest of a beaver holding a fish in its mouth, marked on interior and reverse of handle EW in a rectangle (Kane mark A)
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long, over handle
7 oz. 4 dwt. (224 gr.)
Literature
P. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 955.
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