The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cup

Date:: ca. 1700
Geography:: New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (7 x 8.6 cm); 3 oz. 6 dwt. (102.9 g) Lip: Diam. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm) Base: Diam. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.70.5

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 774

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on underside in shaded roman: B / BS engraved on body in interlaced script: SP / to / JSP

Marking: marked on underside: IC / [fleur de lis] (in heart-shaped surround) [same mark also struck indistinctly to left of handle]
Provenance

John Shaw Parkman, before died 1883; Theodore Parkman Carter, New York, until 1941
See also
Who
John Coney (12)
What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

Drinking vessels (6,032)

Cups (3,861)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

Massachusetts (1,048)

Boston (439)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
American Silver Vessels for Wine, Beer, and Punch

The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.