The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beaker

Date:: 1770–90
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 in. (10.2 cm); 5 oz. 10 dwt. (171.3 g) Lip: Diam. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm) Base: Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. McFadden, 1980
Accession Number:: 1980.501.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 704

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on underside in shaded roman: M / IR scratched lightly on underside in script: SM

Marking: marked on underside in script: Myers (in shaped surround) [poorly struck]
Provenance

Isaac Levy Moses, New York, probably 1770–died 1818; descended in the family to Lionel Moses; Mrs. McFadden; her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. McFadden, New Canaan, Connecticut, until 1980
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Who
Myer Myers (21)
What
Metal (59,497)

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Where
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When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,116)
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The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.
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