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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 19, 2021 10:00 AMCalender
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Silver Communion Cup

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3715BLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 19, 2021 10:00AM

Description:

Silver Communion Cup, Zachariah Brigden, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1785, with flaring rim on a flaring molded base, the front engraved "The Gift of/Col. John Pitkin/to the Church of the/3d Sociy Hartford," marked "Z.Brigden" in a sunken cartouche below the rim and "ZB" in a sunken cartouche on the base, ht. 5 7/8 in., approx. 8.3 troy oz.

Literature: Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998),p. 216, records two other cups with the same presentation inscription.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Keywords

John, Patricia E. Kane, John Pitkin