FINE AND RARE EARLY AMERICAN SILVER BEAKER.

FINE AND RARE EARLY AMERICAN SILVER BEAKER. Circa 1740, Jacob Hurd (1702/3-1758), Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1740. Of cylindrical form with flaring rim and molded stepped foot rim. Beneath the top rim on the side is the hallmark “IHuRD” in a shaped punch. The side engraved The Gift of/ N-Saltonstall and R-Cotton/ to the first Church of Christ in/ Wobourn. Weight: 6.8 troy ounces. SIZE: 5-1/4″ H. PROVENANCE: Property of First Church, Congregational, Woburn, Massachusetts. Reference: On loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts circa 1910 for the exhibition of 1911. See “American church silver of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries” compiled by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, item number 615, p.73, and illustrated front row, third from left. CONDITION: The beaker with light surface scratching shallow creases, dimples, and with light denting all commensurate with age. Foot rim slightly misshapen. Otherwise very good. No damages or restoration noted. Engravings and hallmark clear. 7-74019 (10,000-12,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2013

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2143	$20,145.00	FINE AND RARE EARLY AMERICAN SILVER BEAKER. Circa 1740, Jacob Hurd (1702/3-1758), Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1740. Of cylindrical form with flaring rim and molded stepped foot rim. Beneath the top rim on the side is the hallmark “IHuRD” in a shaped punch. The side engraved The Gift of/ N-Saltonstall and R-Cotton/ to the first Church of Christ in/ Wobourn. Weight: 6.8 troy ounces. SIZE: 5-1/4″ H. PROVENANCE: Property of First Church, Congregational, Woburn, Massachusetts. Reference: On loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts circa 1910 for the exhibition of 1911. See “American church silver of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries” compiled by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, item number 615, p.73, and illustrated front row, third from left. CONDITION: The beaker with light surface scratching shallow creases, dimples, and with light denting all commensurate with age. Foot rim slightly misshapen. Otherwise very good. No damages or restoration noted. Engravings and hallmark clear. 7-74019 (10,000-12,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2013 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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