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Mug

(American, about 1671–1746)
about 1695–1700
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
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 number42.532
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved semi-script on handle S*Rusell, initials (MF CC ?) erased from bottom
Provenance1928, lent by Philip spalding; 1940, transfered to Mrs. Spalding; 1942, gift of Mrs. Spalding and children to MFA. (Accession date: April 9 and 16, 1942)
late 18th century
early 18th century
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century