Massachusetts Pine Tree Threepence

Robert Sanderson, American, 1608 - 1693
John Hull, American, 1624 - 1683

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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

Course History

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

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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