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Beaker (one of four)

(American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
1716
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 14.6 x 10.2 cm (5 3/4 x 4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture and the Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number1984.209
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved "A Gift to Mr Holyoks Church / Marble=head / 1716" on body of vessel.
ProvenanceThe Second Congregational Church in Marblehead, Massachusetts (later called the Unitarian Universalist Church in Marblehead); 1984, purchased by the MFA from the church. (Accession date: June 13, 1984)


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