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Miniature fork (one of set of miniature fork and spoon)
John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
about 1700
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (length): 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Weight of pair: 13 dwt.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number31.223
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 46
DescriptionTwo flat tines, flat handle broadening to wavy end. Decorative engraving of scrolls and leaves issueing from the mouth of a mask.
Marks
Stamped: "IC" in a small rectangle on front of each handle
InscriptionsEngraved "MW" in block letters in a medallion on back of each handle.
ProvenanceMade for Mary Willoughby (b 1676), Salem (1). (2) 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: Granddaughter of Francis Willoughby (deputy governor of Massachusetts, 1665-1671), she m. Thomas Barton, 1710; in 1758 he bequeathed "unto my dearly beloved wife.. All her Maiden Plate as a Tanckard Spoons ect and as moch more as she may want to be useful for her."
2: Mary and Francis Willoughby's daughter Mary m. Dr. Bezaleel Toppan; their daughter Mary (1744-1817), m. Benjamin Pickman IV (1740-1819); 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.
1: Granddaughter of Francis Willoughby (deputy governor of Massachusetts, 1665-1671), she m. Thomas Barton, 1710; in 1758 he bequeathed "unto my dearly beloved wife.. All her Maiden Plate as a Tanckard Spoons ect and as moch more as she may want to be useful for her."
2: Mary and Francis Willoughby's daughter Mary m. Dr. Bezaleel Toppan; their daughter Mary (1744-1817), m. Benjamin Pickman IV (1740-1819); 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.