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Caudle Cup, miniature

John Edwards (American, about 1671–1746)
about 1695
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Silver
Credit Line Gift of the Misses Rose and Elizabeth Townsend
Accession Number56.669
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Catalogue Raisonné Buhler, 1972, No. 77
DescriptionBowl with twisted scroll handles, and twisted base. Four panels of pounced decoration.
InscriptionsES/ 1770 on bottom
ProvenanceMade for (1) Elizabeth Smith (1726-1786); by descent to her great-niece Elizabeth H Smith (1843-1911); 1910, lent by Miss Smith to the MFA; 1911, transfered to her great neices Rose and elizabeth Townsend; 1956, gift of Misses Townsend to the MFA. (Accession date: Oct 11 1956)

1: The initials are for the granddaughter of the goldsmith, Elizabeth Storer (1726-1786), m. Isaac Smith; the date, the birth of their sixth child (and third of the name) Elizabeth (1770-1849), who married but died without issue.