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Trencher salt
Trencher salt

Trencher salt

John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
1690–1700
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall (h x dia. at base): 5.4 x 8.4 cm (2 1/8 x 3 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Harriet A. Hill in memory of her mother, Abigail Brigham Hill
Accession number15.912
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved SM in block letters on the side, for Sarah MiddlecottProvenanceSarah Standish Payne (1639-1726); by descent to Harriet A Hill (1); July 9, 1914, lent by Miss Hill to MFA; 1915, gift of Miss Hill to MFA. (Accession date: July 15, 1915)


1: Sarah (Winslow) Standish Payne, third marriage 1672 to Richard Middlecott; their daughter Sarah (b. 1678), m. Louis Boucher 1702; their daughter Sarah (b. 1705), m. John Foye; their daughter Elizabeth (b. 1735), m. David Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts; their daughter Abigail (b. 1771), m. Willard Brigham of Marlborough, Massachusetts; their daughter Abigail (b. May 22, 1807) married at Rindge, New York, October 12, 1836, to Joseph Hill, West Cambridge, Massachusetts; their daughter Harriet A Hill.
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about 1680–85
Mug
John Coney
1705–15
John Coney
1701
Chafing dish (one of a pair)
John Coney
1705–20
Restricted: For reference only; Group shot: 31.213, 31.214
John Coney
1705–20
Candlestick, Wrought
John Coney
1690–1700
Cup
John Coney
1690–1700
Restricted: For reference only
John Coney
about 1710
Tankard
John Coney
about 1705
Salver
John Coney
about 1705