1999.306.1: Cann
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1999.306.1
- People
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Myer Myers, American (New York 1723 - 1795 New York)
- Title
- Cann
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1750-1760
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/149781
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 11.9 x 8.9 x 12.9 cm (4 11/16 x 3 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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David Berg, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Museum, 1999.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
- Accession Year
- 1999
- Object Number
- 1999.306.1
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This cann has a bulbous body with a flared, moulded lip and foot. The handle forms a double scroll with a cast shell at its upper join to the body. The Livingston family crest and motto are engraved on the side. There is a monogram "L over R*M" under the base.
Publication History
- David Barquist, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT, 2001), P. 113, no. 29, illustrated in colour
Exhibition History
- Tangible Things, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Cambridge, 01/24/2011 - 05/29/2011
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