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Cast candlestick (one of a pair)

John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
about 1710
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Overall (h x dia of base): 16 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number31.215
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

DescriptionMoulded circular base, cast baluster stem and candlesocket.
Marks IC crowned cony below in shield on base
InscriptionsEngraved in block letters under rim of foot EH
Provenance1819, Inventoried in estate of Benjamin Pickman IV (1740-1819), Salem, Massachusetts; (1) By descent to Sally Pickman Loring Dwight (1859-1913); May 5, 1916 lent by the Estate of Sally Pickman Dwight; May 17, 1918, transferred to the estate of their son Lawrence Dwight (1896-1918); June 28, 1918, returned to estate of Lawrence Dwight; by descent to his cousin; March 17, 1920, lent by Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA; 1931, gift of Mr and Mrs Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA. (Accession date: May 7, 1931)

1: Benjamin IV's son Thomas (1773-1817), m. second Sophia Palmer (1786-1862); their daughter Mary Toppan (1816-1878), m. Dr. George Bailey Loring, 1851; their daughter Sally Pickman Loring (1859-1913), m. Theodore F. Dwight.