Beaker
John Coney
(American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
about 1695
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall (h x dia of base): 10.3 x 7.5 cm (4 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Other (dia of rim): 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Weight: 6 oz., 11 dwt.
Credit LineThe Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection—Given in his memory by Katharine Ames Spalding and Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding
Accession number42.236
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceMary Willoughby (b. Salem 1676), granddaughter of Francis Willoughby (deputy governor of Massachusetts, 1665-1617), m. Thomas Barton 1710; their daughter Mary, m. Dr. Bezaleel Toppan; their daughter Mary (1744-1817), m. Benjamin Pickman IV (1740-1819) 1762; their 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; their son Lawrence (1896-1918), cousin of donor, lent in 1928, given in 1942
