Spoon
John Coney
(American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
about 1690
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall (length): 19.5cm (7 11/16in.)
Credit LineJohn Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession number24.444
ClassificationsSilver flatware
InscriptionsEngraved W/ IE for Joshua and Elizabeth Winslow in block letters on back of tip and in later script on front of stem: 1st Ch. T. by S. Winslow 1790ProvenanceJoshua and Elizabeth (Savage) Winslow, m. 1720. To Sarah Tyng (b. 1720), daughter of Col. Eleazer and Sarah (Alford) Tyng, m. John Winslow (Joshua's brother), Sept.4, 1760. 1790, gift of Sarah Tyng to First Church in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, which became First Parish, Unitarian; Febrary 24, 1911, lent by First Parish, Unitarian to MFA. November 1924, purchased by MFA at the sale of the James A Garland Collection, American Art Gallery, NY for $100.
