Massachusetts Pine Tree Threepence
Robert Sanderson, American, 1608 - 1693
John Hull, American, 1624 - 1683
1667-1682
Silver
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.968.52
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Money
Research Area
Numismatics: World Currency
Not on view
Inscriptions
obv: MASATHUSETS [around pine tree] rev: NEWENGLAND / 1652 / III
Exhibition History
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. 47.
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. 47.
Provenance
Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1968.
Catalogue Raisonne
Breen 50 Noe 33
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