Live Auction 3702Important American Silver
A SILVER PORRINGER
Lot 80PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH

A SILVER PORRINGER

MARK OF JOHN HANCOCK, BOSTON, CIRCA 1770

Closed22 January 2015

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A SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JOHN HANCOCK, BOSTON, CIRCA 1770
Circular, with pierced keyhole handle, engraved JSH, marked on handle and inside bowl
8 ¼ in. (20.6 cm.) long; 8 oz. (257 gr.)

Christie's, New York, 3 June 1989, lot 303

Specialist note

Less than half a dozen pieces marked by Hancock are known.

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