Mug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
name: label: maker
content: Edwards, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: Raised bulbous or bellied cann or mug engraved on top of handle "N / I*E" in shaded serif letters facing in and on front of body "Cap\t. John and Elizabeth North / 1750." in script. Applied molded rim, rounded bottom, and cast domed circular foot. Hollow, double C-scroll handle has a cyma-curved tab upper terminal and domed oval lower terminal with oval attachment and circular vent in underside. Struck once on bottom underside "S•E" in raised serif letters with crown above and fleur-de-lis below, all in a shaped shield. No centerpoint. One of two canns, DL*64.0815A-B.
label: Description
content: Maker is Samuel Edwards (1705-1762) of Boston, MA; from a family of prominent silversmiths: father, John Edwards; brother Thomas Edwards (with whom he worked in partnership); and nephew, Joseph Edwards, Jr.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.64.0815B
label: catalog number
content: 64.0815B
label: accession number
content: 251493
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cann
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 12.3825 cm x 8.255 cm