1961.50: Cann
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1961.50
- People
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Jacob Hurd, American (Charlestown, MA 1702/3 - 1758 Roxbury, MA)
- Title
- Cann
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1750
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228029
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Technique
- Hammered
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 10.2 cm, 439.42 g (5 x 4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Outside of cann, next to handle near lip, Hurd [in raised letters]. On bottom, inscribed: D [superscript]I S .
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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James Howard Means.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. James H. Means
- Accession Year
- 1961
- Object Number
- 1961.50
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Footed. Handle with thumb rest and decorative end. Hammered. Handle made separately and attached. On outside of cann, elaborate decoration with coat of arms.
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