Lot 667
  • 667

AN AMERICAN SILVER CANN, SAMUEL EDWARDS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1740

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base S.E with crown above and device below all in a shield (Kane mark C).
  • height 5 3/4 in.
  • 14.6 cm
the handle engraved EQ.

Provenance

B. Ginsberg, 1977
Burrows Collection
Jonathan Trace, January 1994

Exhibited

Clark Museum, 1993

Literature

Magazine Antiques 110, August 1976, p. 219
Kane 1998 p. 447

Condition

minor dent to handle, overall good
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