Object Number 1960.0082

Object Name

Strainer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Thomas Edwards (Maker)
January 14, 1701-1755

Samuel Edwards (Maker)
1705-1762

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1735-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, upper surface, end; "SE" stamped in a rectangle with rounded corners
2. Mark; Handle, underside, near bowl; "TE" stamped in a rectangle
3. Mark; Handle, underside, near bowl; "TE" stamped in a rectangle
4. Mark; Handle, underside, end; Illegible mark stamped in a square

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Cast, Molded, Pierced

Dimensions (inches)

1.26 (H) , 10.63 (L) , 4.094 (W) , 4.0918 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.2 (H) , 27 (L) , 10.4 (W) , 116 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 102, no. 62
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on Samuel and Thomas Edwards, pp. 153-154
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on Samuel and Thomas Edwards, pp. 212-213