Beaker Maker: Marcus Merriman (American, 1762–1850)

1814

American Decorative Arts

Not on view

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
other (Lip): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
base: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1427

Geography

Made in New Haven, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Originally owned by Mary Noyes, North Branford, Conn.; Congregational Church, North Branford, Conn.; Francis P. Garvan, New York, to 1930; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Peter J. Bohan and Philip Hammerslough, Early Connecticut Silver 1700–1840 (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2007), 185, pl. 156, ill.
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 263, no. 436.
  • E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches (Letchworth, England: National Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1913), 354–55.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

beakers (drinking vessels)

Marks

M. M&Co in serrated rectangle and grapevine in oval on bottom

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