Lot 3242
  • 3242

An American Silver Cann, Jacob Hurd, Boston, circa 1750

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked HURD in rectangle double-struck left of handle (Kane mark D)
  • height 5 1/8 in.
  • 13cm
of baluster form with molded rim on spreading molded foot, with leaf-capped scroll handle, engraved with foliate cipher JN

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 1-4 February, 1978, lot 667.

Literature

Kane, Patricia E., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewellers, 1998, p. 591

Condition

a few old repaired rim splits, as noted re: mark, otherwise good condition
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