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Cup
John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
1690–1700
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (h x dia. of lip): 8.6 x 5.9 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Weight: 3 oz, 1 dwt.
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number39.227
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 143; Buhler, 1972, No. 40
DescriptionGlobular body, gadrooned base and reeded shoulder, cylindrical neck with reeded midband. Moulded base-band. Scroll handle with beading.
Marks
IC fluer-de-lis on bottom and at neck near handle
InscriptionsEngraved MW on bottom. Added in thin dotted script on front: MP / to / FWP.
ProvenanceMary Willoughby, m. Thomas Barton, 1710; their granddaughter Mary Toppan (1744-1817), m. Benjamin Pickman IV (1740-1819); their son Benjamin (1763-1843), whose youngest son was Francis Willoughby Pickman; Martha (Codman) Karolik, his great-niece; 1926, lent by Miss Codman to MFA; 1939, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karolik to MFA. (Accession date: Jan 12, 1939)