Cup
Moody Russell, American, 1694 - 1761
about 1720-1730
Silver
Overall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Rim: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.986.5.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked at left of handle: MR [in rectangle]; engraved on bottom: MG [center point between]; scratched crudely on bottom: DIA [also other scratch marks, illegible]; scratched on bottom: 42916
Exhibition History
Early American Silver from the Collection of Cornelius C. Moore, The Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, January, 1961, no. 21.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 12, 2009-present.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1986.
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 70.
Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, Massachusetts, March 10, 1963, no.53.
Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, May 17, 1964, no. 53.
The New England Silversmith, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, October 23-November 28, 1965, no.175.
The Point Association of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, July 21, 1962, no. 5.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 70.
The Cornelius C. Moore Collection of Early American Silver, Providence, Rhode Island, New York: Sotheby's, January 31, 1986, no. 97.
American Silver 1670-1830: The Cornelius C. Moore Collection at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island: Providence College, 1980, p.91-92, ill. p.92, no.106.
Belden, p.369, mark b.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 872-874, 1998.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's by Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers in 02/1986.
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