New England Silver & Silversmithing, 1620-1815

by Falino, Jeannine J.; Ward, Gerald W. R.; Falino, Jeannine J.; Ward, Gerald W. R.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• ISBN13: 9780962073755
• ISBN10: 096207375X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Colonial Society of

Summary

These essays are the proceedings of a conference held on April 19-20, 1996 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The presenters were leading scholars in the field and their scholarship remains remarkably up-to-date.

Author Biography

Jeannine Falino is the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gerald W. R. Ward is the Katharine Lane Weems Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Complexity of Silver	p. 1
Style, Form, and Function
Chasers, the Chase, and Other Scenes on Boston Rococo-Style Silver	p. 19
Colonial New England Silver Snuff, Tobacco, and Patch Boxes: Indices of Gentility	p. 44
The Silver Chocolate Pots of Colonial Boston	p. 61
Ecclesiastical Silver
"We owe something more than prayers": Elizabeth Porter Phelps's Gift of Church Silver and Her Quest for Christian Fellowship	p. 91
Continuity and Change in New England Church Silver and Communion Practices, 1790-1840	p. 113
Social Context
Paul Revere and 1768: His Portrait and the Liberty Bowl	p. 135
"The Pride Which Pervades thro every Class": The Customers of Paul Revere	p. 152
"Ancient and Valuable Gifts": Silver at Colonial Harvard	p. 183
Regional Topics
Glistening Reflections of Stability: The Roles of Silver in Early Maine	p. 213
"An influential and useful man": Samuel Bartlett of Concord, Massachusetts	p. 246
Index	p. 267
Notes on Contributors	p. 281
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