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Maker(s):Edwards, Joseph
Culture:American
Title:Cann
Date Made:ca. 1775
Materials:silver
Measurements:Overall: 5 1/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 12.9 cm x 9.5 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1945.179
Credit Line:Bequest of Herbert L. Pratt (Class of 1895)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
In eighteenth-century America, the drinking of alcoholic beverages (such as wine, beer, and rum-based punches) was an important part of social life: they were consumed ceremonially as part of religious gatherings; in communal celebration at weddings, christenings and funerals; and convivially imbibed in taverns and public houses. At home, those who could afford fine silver would drink beer or ale from tankards and canns – tulip-shaped vessels on a circular foot. This bulbous cann represents a typical form of Massachusetts drinking ware of this period.
AH, 2014

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