Caudle Cup, miniature

John Edwards (American, about 1671–1746)

about 1695

Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueSilver

Credit LineGift of the Misses Rose and Elizabeth Townsend

Accession number56.669

On View

On view

ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsES/ 1770 on bottomProvenanceMade for (1) Elizabeth Smith (1726-1786); by descent to her great-niece Elizabeth H Smith (1843-1911); 1910, lent by Miss Smith to the MFA; 1911, transfered to her great neices Rose and elizabeth Townsend; 1956, gift of Misses Townsend to the MFA. (Accession date: Oct 11 1956)

1: The initials are for the granddaughter of the goldsmith, Elizabeth Storer (1726-1786), m. Isaac Smith; the date, the birth of their sixth child (and third of the name) Elizabeth (1770-1849), who married but died without issue.