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Communion cup
John Edwards (American, about 1671–1746)
Engraved by: Samuel Edwards (American, 1705–1762)
Cover designed by: Lewis Cary (American, 1798–1834)
Engraved by: Samuel Edwards (American, 1705–1762)
Cover designed by: Lewis Cary (American, 1798–1834)
about 1737
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Other: 10.5cm (4 1/8in.)
Overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the West Boston Society "West Church"
Accession Number92.2848a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 88
DescriptionAdded domed cover with acorn finial probably by Lewis Cary, ca. 1824.
Straight sided bowl with everted rim; baluster stem & splayed moulded foot.
Straight sided bowl with everted rim; baluster stem & splayed moulded foot.
Marks
"I E" crowned, partly obliterated by mantling of arms.
InscriptionsIn mantling of scrolls & bell-flowers: "A Gift To the Church in Lynde Street Boston. Added in similar mantling mantling in 1739 by Samuel Edwards, coat of arms of Hugh Hall.
ProvenanceMade for The west Church, founded in 1737. Records of the church show that the coat of arms of the donor, Hugh Hall, was engraved by Samuel Edwards; 1892, given by the church to the MFA.