Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 341
a trefoil.All the handles made by John Coney, so farnoted, are exactly like this ; also one made byDavid Jesse (1670-1705) and one dated 1740made by Thomas Millner(i690-i745) of Boston.Perhaps Jesse and Millner were Coneys appren-tices. An unusually large porringer with a cover(Illus. 213) is 6f… … -«^*«i*«^*^- 213. John Coney ? L. 2|, W. 3i i in. Porringers 311 R of the handle are omitted. The initials rp ^^ are those of Thomas and Mary Burroughs ofBoston and the date 1680 is probably that oftheir marriage : their daughter Mary born inJamaica, Long Island, married in 1718 BrinleySylvester,…
Silverwork -- United States
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