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Two-Handled Cup
John Dixwell American
This iconic early eighteenth-century silver cup, which exemplifies the purity and grace of early American church silver, was made around 1712 for the First Church of Christ Congregational in Milford, Connecticut. The silversmith John Dixwell supplied a great deal of silver to congregants such as Alice Buckingham, which would become gifts to churches around New England. This cup is particularly fine, with lively S-scroll handles on a generous cylindrical body. It retains a beautiful patina, and the original engraving executed in a beautiful hand.
The cup’s provenance is impeccable. It was donated by Alice Newton Buckingham (b. 1664), youngest daughter of the second pastor of Milford Church, Reverend Roger Newton. It was likely commissioned by Alice Buckingham to honor her husband, Daniel Buckingham (1636–1712), a church elder who died in 1712.
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