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Chafing dish

(American, 1701 or 1702–1755)
about 1740
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Credit LineGift of the Misses Rose and Elizabeth Townsend
Accession number56.670
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
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ProvenanceBuhler entry: Ebenezer and Mary (Edwards) Storer, m. 1723; their daughter Elizabeth, m. Isaac Smith, 1746; their son William, m. Hannah Carter, 1787; their son Thomas Carter (or Smith???}, m. Frances Barnard, 1831; their daughter Frances Barnard, m. Thomas Davis Townsend, 1854; their son, William Smith Townsend, father of the donors.
Restricted: photographed with ruler
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