The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Footed Salver

Date:: 1700–1715
Geography:: New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 5/16 x 9 1/8 in. (5.9 x 23.2 cm); 10 oz. 9 dwt. (325.6 g) Foot: Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.186

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 704

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved in center: [coat of arms, crest and motto: "OCCASIONEM COGNOSG[sic]E" of Lowell family] lightly scratched on underside: 10 [pellet] 18 ; 1752 (scratched through) ; 1617 lightly scratched on underside of foot: 10 - 19 - 0

Marking: marked on top: IC / fleur de lis (in heart-shaped surround)
Provenance

Probably Reverend John Lowell (1704–1767), Boston, MA; by descent to James Burnett Lowell (1873–1947); sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1941.
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