A silver beaker Andrew Tyler (1692-1741), Boston, MA, 1721

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.