cann
date: label: date made
content: 1760
notes: label: Description
content: Raised bulbous or bellied cann or mug engraved on bottom underside "K / T*H" in shaded serif letters. Molded and scored rim, rounded bottom, and cast stepped circular foot. Hollow, double C-scroll handle has a sprigged upper terminal with tiered oval strut and thin split scroll lower terminal with oval attachment. Bottom underside struck once below initials and above centerpoint with "BENJAMIN / BURT" in raised slanted serif letters in a conforming surround. Dent in front of body. One of two canns, DL*59.2193B-C.
label: Description
content: Maker is Benjamin Burt (1729-1805) of Boston, MA; son of John Burt (1692/3-1746) and brother to Samuel (1724-1754) and William (1726-1751), all silversmiths.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.2193B
label: catalog number
content: 59.2193B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cann
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.255 cm