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- Sale 5449
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May 3 | 6:00 AM EDT
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| Philadelphia
Sale 5449
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| Philadelphia
Estimate$5,000 – $8,000
Flared rim, molded base, engraved, "The Gift of the Honourable/ John Burrell Esqr/ to the First Chuch in Lynn/ December the 10th 1721," marked twice, "AT," near rim.
H: 5 1/4 in. Dia: 4 in., Weight: 7.065 oz. t.Note
John Burrill (1657-1721) descended from George Burrill, an early settler of Lynn, Massachusetts. His parents were John and Lois Ivory Burrill. In 1680, he married Mary Stower (1654-1728). He was an active member of his community, serving several roles in the civic arena. Most notably, he served in the House of Representatives. John, also an active church member, bequeathed this beaker, along with a few other pieces, to his parish, the First Church of Christ, upon his death in 1721.
Provenance
First Church of Christ in Lynn, Massachusetts, 1721-1992
Sotheby's, New York, June 19, 1992
Roy and Ruth Nutt Collection
Sotheby's, New York, The Roy and Ruth Nutt Collection: Highly Important American Silver, January 23, 2016, lot 1330
A private New Jersey collection.
Exhibition History
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1909-1929
American Church Silver of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, with a few piece of Domestic Plate, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, July - December, 1911, no. 971
Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, Massachusetts, circa 1955 - May 1967
An American Sampler: Selections from the Ruth J. Nutt Collection, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, May 2002 - July 2005.
Literature
Albree, John, and Burrill, Ellen, "The Old Communion Service and its Donors," 275th Anniversary Book (1907)
Jones, E. Alfred, The Old Silver of American Churches (1913), pg. 253
Kane, Patricia E., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven: 1998), pg. 943.
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