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Punch strainer
Attributed to: Alexander Croukshanks (worked about 1768)
about 1770
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
29.37 cm (11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Caroline E. Cabot
Accession Number64.1992
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 332
Marks
"A [dot] C" in rectangle on back of each handle
InscriptionsP
TH E
the above engraved in block letter under the flange at side.
TH E
the above engraved in block letter under the flange at side.
ProvenanceThomas Handasyd Peck (1712-1777) and Elizabeth Spurrier Peck (ca.1735-1807); their grandson Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854); descended in the family [1]; 1936, lent to the MFA by Mrs. William R. Cabot (nee, Mary C. Gardiner, 1867-1958); 1945, returned to Mrs. William R. Cabot; 1959, lent to the MFA by Miss Caroline E. P. Cabot (1893-1984), Wokingham, Berks, England; 1964, given by Miss Caroline E. Cabot to the MFA (Accession date: October 14, 1964).
[1] Probable line of descent: to daughter Caroline Perkins Gardiner (Mrs. William Howard Gardiner, 1800-1867), then to her son Charles Perkins Gardiner (1836-1908), then to his daughter, Mary C. Gardiner (1867-1958).
[1] Probable line of descent: to daughter Caroline Perkins Gardiner (Mrs. William Howard Gardiner, 1800-1867), then to her son Charles Perkins Gardiner (1836-1908), then to his daughter, Mary C. Gardiner (1867-1958).