$16,590
Jacob Hurd Silver Cann, (1702/3-1758), Boston, 1728, the molded rim with incised lines below, above Jacob Hurd touchmark on the tapering sides that include an applied bead mid-band and a scroll handle marked "W" and "1793," ending with a disc at its lower point of attachment above the molded base band; engraved on the front in block letters "SAMUEL WHITNEY," with "Caftine" in script below; the bottom records in script the Whitney Family ownership beginning with Samuel (1734-1808) and ending with Henry Austin (1826-1889), a noted Boston financier and railroad operator, (imperfections), ht. 4 3/4, dia. 3 3/4 in., approx. 10 troy oz.; An engraving of the Samuel Whitney home in Castine, Maine is pictured on p. 36 of a privately published and bound biography of Samuel Whitney, by his great-grandson Henry Austin Whitney. a. Provenance: Family descent to the consignor from Samuel Whitney, who was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, Sept. 5, 1734, and died May 29, 1808, in Castine, Maine. He was married in Boston in 1757 at the Brattle Street Church, to Abigail Cutler (1735-1813) of Union Street, Boston, who also died in Castine. They had 17 children and lived on Union Street until his retail business did poorly due to the Revolutionary War, which led him to buy a farm in Concord, Massachusetts, where he opened a country store. The house in Concord in which they lived still stands, now as an historic house museum called the Wayside, in commemoration of two important subsequent Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04
