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Caster
Benjamin Wynkoop, Jr. (1705–1766)
About 1740–50
Object Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George L. Batchelder Jr., by exchange
Accession Number63.1079
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 482
DescriptionCaster of vase form on cast, molded, splayed foot, hemispherical body, molding at joining of seamed sides sharply incurved and quite straight to applied narrow rim. High domes cover engraved and pierced in panels.
ProvenanceAccording to tradition, by 1960s, Mifflin family; 1960s, informally transfered to Rebekah and Ralph Carey, caretakers of the Mifflin estate in Methuen, Mass. when the heir to the Mifflin estate told the Careys to "get rid of the stuff;" 1963, sold by Mrs. Carey (via Anne M. Evans) to the Museum.