Punch strainer
Alexander Croukshanks
(worked about 1768)
about 1770
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions29.37 cm (11 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Caroline E. Cabot
Accession number64.1992
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceThomas Handasyd Peck (1712-1777) and Elizabeth Spurrier Peck (ca.1735-1807); their grandson Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854); descended in the family [1]; 1936, lent to the MFA by Mrs. William R. Cabot (nee, Mary C. Gardiner, 1867-1958); 1945, returned to Mrs. William R. Cabot; 1959, lent to the MFA by Miss Caroline E. P. Cabot (1893-1984), Wokingham, Berks, England; 1964, given by Miss Caroline E. Cabot to the MFA (Accession date: October 14, 1964).
[1] Probable line of descent: to daughter Caroline Perkins Gardiner (Mrs. William Howard Gardiner, 1800-1867), then to her son Charles Perkins Gardiner (1836-1908), then to his daughter, Mary C. Gardiner (1867-1958).
[1] Probable line of descent: to daughter Caroline Perkins Gardiner (Mrs. William Howard Gardiner, 1800-1867), then to her son Charles Perkins Gardiner (1836-1908), then to his daughter, Mary C. Gardiner (1867-1958).
mid-19th century
about 1745
1770–80
19th century
