Collection Online as of August 18, 2022

Spout Cup

c. 1720

fabricated by

Moody Russell

(American, 1694-1761)

America, Massachusetts, Barnstable, 18th century

Silver

Overall: 8 x 10.7 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/16 in.); without handle: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); with spout: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1921.954

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

engraved ""TRA/JDA" and "THA/HGA" in bright-cut script on side, and "F" over "IM" on bottom.

Inscription

Stamped on side: "MR".

Inscription

Engraved underside: "F".

Inscription

Scratched underside: multiple illegible words

Provenance

(Francis Hill Bigelow).

Citations

L. P. "Early American Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 9 (1921): 131-32. Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: p. 131, 139 www.jstor.org

Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 136