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John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
1680–1700
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Overall (dia.): 28.4 cm (11 3/16 in.); Weight: 17 oz., 7 1/2 dwt.
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number31.226
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Catalogue Raisonné Buhler, 1972, No. 36
DescriptionBroad flat rim with molded edge, engraved with elaborate design of cherub's heads within floral sprays.
Marks IC fleur-de-lis below in heart on rim
InscriptionsCER, later script RP on bottom.
ProvenancePossibly owned by family of Love Rawlins, wife of Benjamin Pickman III (1707/8-1773); his sister, Rachel Pickman; Love's son Benjamin IV (1740-1819); (1) By descent to Sally Pickman Loring Dwight (1859-1913); May 5, 1916 lent by the Estate of Sally Pickman Dwight; May 17, 1918, transferred to the estate of their son Lawrence Dwight (1896-1918); June 28, 1918, returned to estate of Lawrence Dwight; by descent to his cousin; March 17, 1920, lent by Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA; 1931, gift of Mr and Mrs Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA. (Accession date: May 7, 1931)

1: Benjamin IV's son Thomas (1773-1817), m. second Sophia Palmer (1786-1862); their daughter Mary Toppan (1816-1878), m. Dr. George Bailey Loring, 1851; their daughter Sally Pickman Loring (1859-1913), m. Theodore F. Dwight.