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Caster with pierced top and turned finial. Cupcake base.
casters (vessels)
silver (metal)
bright cutting
Vessel, Condiment
Caster
Caster
"T. GRANT" (stamped)
"G / T E" (Inscription presumably for Thomas and Elizabeth Gerry, m. 1734, parents of Elbridge Gerry, signer of Declaration of Independence. Through a brother of Elbridge, donor was descended from Thomas and Elizabeth Gerry.)
" 3 oz 6 dwt 0 g" (3 ounces, 6 pennyweight, 0 grains)
Grant, Thomas, 1731-1804 (Silversmith)
Marblehead, MA, USA
5 1/2 (H), 1 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Estate of Miss Mary Frothingham Hooper
1962.3AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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