The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Pair of Salvers

1740–50
fabricated by

Jacob Hurd

(American, 1702–1758)
America, Massachusetts, Boston
silver
Overall: 3 x 16 x 16.3 cm (1 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Gift of Hollis French 1940.215
Location: Not on view

Description

The coat of arms is that of the Hastings family, the original owners of these serving pieces.
  • Hollis French, Annisquam, MA.
  • Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142 Mentioned: p. 134 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. 81
  • Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 10-July 15, 1956).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair of Salvers|url=false|author=Jacob Hurd|year=1740–50|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.215