AN AMERICAN SILVER BAPTISMAL BASIN

The donor, David Hyslop (1755-1822), was the son of William and Mehitable Hyslop (see lot 77). He gave the present basin at the dedication of the new church in 1805. He worshipped at the Brattle Street Church in Boston until an organ was purchased, at which point he began attending the church in Brookline in protest. He briefly attended Princeton College between 1772 and 1773. For a full account of the life of David Hyslop, see Richard Harrison, Princetonians, 1776-1783: A Biographical Dictionary, 1981, pp. 52-54.