Spout cup
Farnam and Ward
(American, active about 1816)
Rufus Farnam
(born in 1771)
Richard Ward
(American, active about 1809–1820)
about 1816
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions8.5 x 10.2 x 10 cm (3 3/8 x 4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Emma L. Coleman in the name of Mrs. Polly Hollingsworth
Accession number17.1079
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
This bulbous little spout cup provides an interesting nineteenth-century counterpart to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century examples in the Museum’s collection. It was made during the apparently short-lived partnership of Farnam and Ward, who are listed in the Boston Directory for 1816 only, providing a narrow date range for this object. Each man was involved in other partnerships during the early nineteenth century.
This text has been adapted from "Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000," edited by Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, published in 2008 by the MFA. Complete references can be found in that publication.
John Quincy Adams Ward
H. B. Ward & Co.
