Cann

Daniel Henchman, American, 1730 - 1775

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about 1760-1770

Silver

Overall: 4 in. (10.1 cm)

Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Overall: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm)

Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Given in memory of Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, by Louise C. Harrington; Frank L. Harrington, Jr., Class of 1950; Roxanna Harrington Stevenson and John M. Stevenson; Thomas B. Harrington, Class of 1954; Diantha C. and George C. Harrington, Class of 1961

M.992.24

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: Henchman [in rectangle]; engraved, on side opposite handle: [Greene family coast of arms]; scratched, on bottom: R: Green; engraved, on base, in script: Bequeathed by / M.rs [rs superscript] Wheelwright to / Ruth Barrell

Exhibition History

The Rococo Style in New England Silver, Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13, 2012.

Provenance

Frank Leighton Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988), Worcester, Massachusetts; bequeathed to Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts, 1988; given to present collection, 1992.

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