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Moody Russell (American, 1694–1761)
about 1717
Object Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 13 x 12.7 cm (5 1/8 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Bourne family
Accession Number2013.4146
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Marks
MR in a rectangle
InscriptionsOn body: engraved with the Bourne family coat of arms.
On base: engraved with initials in a triangle.
On base: engraved with initials in a triangle.
ProvenanceAbout 1717, probably made to commemorate the marriage of Sylvanus Bourne and Mercy Gorham, both of Barnstable, Massachusetts; before 1965, sold by "a woman in Maplewood, New Jersey" who claimed it as "a family item" to Montagu Hankin (book dealer), New Jersey; about 1965, sold by Hankin to Donald Bourne of Sandwich, MA; upon his death, passed to his wife, merdith Wilson Bourne; 1997, upon her death, inherited by their son, Donald W. Bourne, Sandwich, MA; 2013, year-end gift of Donald W. Bourne and his family to the MFA. (Accession date: February 26, 2014)