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Baptismal basin
William Cowell, Sr. (American, 1682 or 1683–1736)
1716
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 33cm (13in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Accession Number13.392
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 100
DescriptionBroad rim with slightly moulded edge, deep bowl with domed center.
Marks
WC in oval
InscriptionsEngraved in panel on rom: "The givt of Mr Benjm Edmond, late of London, Marchant, to the Church in Brattle Street, Boston N.E.1716"
Provenance1716, gift of Benjamin Edmond, merchant, to the Brattle Street Church, Boston which became the Church in Brattle Square; May 28, 1906, lent by the Church in Brattle Square to the MFA; Church dissolved by 1913; 1913, gift of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches to the MFA. (Accession date: March 6, 1913)