Mug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1765
notes: label: Description
content: Raised bulbous or bellied cann or mug engraved "SECOND / PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / NEWBURYPORT" on front in shaded serif letters beneath drapery swags. Molded rim, rounded bottom, and cast flared circular foot. Hollow, S-curve handle has a sprigged upper terminal and a split scroll lower terminal with oval attachment. Struck once on rim exterior to left of handle "J•BALL" in raised serif letters in a rectangle, and on bottom underside "JOHN / BALL" in italic serif letters above centerpoint.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Ball of Concord, MA; working, circa 1763-1767.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Concord
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Arthur Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383462
label: catalog number
content: 383462
label: accession number
content: 162866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cann
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 13.335 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.5725 cm