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1840-1846
GUSN-47952
Straight, tapering sides; squarish handle; bird finial.
tankards
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
coin silver
silver (metal)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
key pattern
Silver
Beaded
Greek Key
Bird
TANKARD
Engraved on front: To/Edward W. Codman/a/Parting remembrance/from his/Uncle/Henry Codman/May 1853 Struck on bottom: Jones, Ball & Co./Boston/Pure Silver Coin
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Jones, Ball & Co. (Silversmith)
Boston, MA, USA
9.25 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.675
Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.
Massachusetts (United States)
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