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AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE CANN
Lot 372 PROPERTY FROM THE WUNSCH COLLECTION

AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE CANN

MARK OF JOSEPH LOWNES, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1786

Closed19 January 2024

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AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE CANN
MARK OF JOSEPH LOWNES, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1786
Of baluster form on a molded circular foot, engraved on the front with script monogram MS, with leaf-capped double scroll handle, marked twice on underside J Lownes in a shape
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
33 oz. 16 dwt. (1,051 gr.)

For Mary Stevenson (1739-1795), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), thence by decent until sold to,
Israel Sack Inc., New York.
With Mr. & Mrs. William B. Hysan Jr., Baltimore, Maryland, sold,
Sotheby's, New York, 30-31 January 1980, lot 574.

Specialist note

The initials on the present cann are said to be those of Mary Stevenson (1739-1795), the daughter of Benjamin Franklin's landlady, Margaret Stevenson, during his residence in London from 1757 to 1762. Following the death of her husband William Hewson, Mary Stevenson moved to Philadelphia with the help of Franklin in 1786, and was at his bedside at the time of his death.