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Identification and Creation

Object Number
70.1986
People
John Burt, American (Boston, MA 1692/3 - 1745/6 Boston, MA)
Title
Cann
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1728
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232651

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
12.5 x 13 x 9 cm (4 15/16 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Maker's Mark: I.BURT; on front: Ex Dono Pupillorum 1928; on bottom: N.S / W.S / J.S / C.S / C.W.S

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History



Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from The President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
70.1986
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, "The Burts, Boston Silversmiths", American Collector (August 1940), vol. IX no. 7, pp. 6-7, 14, p. 6, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Silver Belonging to Harvard University and Silver Historically Connected with Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/06/1940 - 02/03/1940

Verification Level

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