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Cast candlestick (one of a pair)

John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)

about 1710

Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsOverall (h x dia of base): 16 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman

Accession number31.215

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ClassificationsSilver hollowware

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Americas

InscriptionsEngraved in block letters under rim of foot EHProvenance1819, Inventoried in estate of Benjamin Pickman IV (1740-1819), Salem, Massachusetts; (1) By descent to Sally Pickman Loring Dwight (1859-1913); May 5, 1916 lent by the Estate of Sally Pickman Dwight; May 17, 1918, transferred to the estate of their son Lawrence Dwight (1896-1918); June 28, 1918, returned to estate of Lawrence Dwight; by descent to his cousin; March 17, 1920, lent by Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA; 1931, gift of Mr and Mrs Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA. (Accession date: May 7, 1931)

1: Benjamin IV's son Thomas (1773-1817), m. second Sophia Palmer (1786-1862); their daughter Mary Toppan (1816-1878), m. Dr. George Bailey Loring, 1851; their daughter Sally Pickman Loring (1859-1913), m. Theodore F. Dwight.