Description:
Silver cann with a bellied lower body, furled thumbpiece, double scroll handle, and raised molded foot, which is marked "Minott" in script in a rectangle for Samuel Minott (1732-1803), and engraved with the Williams family arms (crest; a moorcock; arms, a lion rampant) on the front side and the initials "EW to EW" on the base. HD also has two casters, one (HD 57.279) unmarked but attributed to Paul Revere (1734-1818), and the other, HD 57.450, marked by Paul Revere engraved with the same initials; and the Harvard University Art Museum has several other examples of silver pieces made by Revere and marked with Williams family initials. Joseph Loring (1743-1815) of Boston made a similar cann with the Williams family arms and the initials "W / C L." Drinking vessels with a bulbous shape and without lids were popular in the colonies from the 1720s to around 1800; canns varied little in shape other than in their handles, which tended to be double-scrolled starting in the mid 1700s. Wgt. 13 ozs., 1 1/2 dwts., 8 grs.
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