Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 97
hat office-bearer. The earliest type of the New England beaker(Illus. 20) has a straight body slightly curved atthe lip and a flat bottom; a broad granulatedband encircles the body, leaving the lip andbase plain, as in the English standing cup of1639-40. It was undoubtedly that very cupwhich… … 3 for The Bos- 20. Sanderson and Hull. H. 3I in. made this beaker.In a plain shieldupon the mattedground is engravedthe date 1659 andalso the initialsTBC ton Church. As t rai ght-sidedbeaker with thesame decoration,wrought by JohnHull, is in thatchurch ; and a pairmade by Sander-son and Hull in the…
Silverwork -- United States
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