Two-Handled Cup
This small two-handled cup was made for the First Church of Christ Congregational in Farmington, Connecticut by Jeremiah Dummer, the first native-born New England silversmith. One of seven silver drinking vessels originally owned by the Church, it is a particularly fine example, with lively S-scroll handles on a generous pear-shaped body, simply engraved with the initials F.C. With barely a roof over their heads, Colonists endowed their churches with communion silver that befit the simpler form of worship they embraced. This cup retains a beautiful patina, accentuating the hammer marks struck in concentric circles around its body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two-Handled Cup
- Artist: Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718)
- Date: ca. 1690
- Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Width: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Inc., Robert and Bobbie Falk Philanthropic Fund, The Dietrich American Foundation, Bonnie Johnson Sacerdote Foundation, and Roy J. Zuckerberg Gifts, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.24
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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