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 viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceSarah 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.
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.
mid-15th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Early 19th century
late 18th century
early 18th century
late 15th century (?)
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century
Late 19th century (before 1890)