Caster
Thomas Edwards, American, 1701 - 1755
about 1750
Silver
Overall: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Base: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.986.5.3
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 on bottom: TE [conjoined, in rectangle]; engraved on bottom of foot: SME [M superscript, above three dots in a triangular pattern below]; engraved on inside bottom, in script, worn: Sarah Bekker [?]; scratched on base: 4.8.0 [?]
Course History
COCO 21, What's In Your Shoebox?, Francine A'Ness and Mokhtar Bouba, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 12, 2009-present.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25, 1997--November 6, 2006.
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. 36.
The New England Silversmith, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, October 23-November 28, 1965.
The Rococo Style in New England Silver, Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13, 2012.
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. 36.
The Cornelius C. Moore Collection of Early American Silver, Providence, Rhode Island, New York: Sotheby's, January 31, 1986, no. 86.
American Silver 1670-1830: The Cornelius C. Moore Collection at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island: Providence College, 1980, no. 113, ill. 96.
Hugh J. Gourley, The New England Silversmith, Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island School of Design, 1965, no. 80, fig. 37.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 454-462, 1998.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's by Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers, 1/31/ 1986
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