bought with a legacy of Thomas Lake in 1679 (Plate LIII). The other two
beakers in the First church at Boston are by John Hull; both are illustrated on
Plate XI. The fifth beaker of this class is the property of the First Congregational
Society at Salem, Massachusetts, and is illustrated on Plate CXXVII. It has been
fitted at a more recent date with two handles. Its donor was Francis Skerry and
its maker Jeremiah Dummer (1645-17 18).
Tankards, cups and other silver vessels, embellished with this broad granulated
band, were wrought in Scandinavia and Germany in the seventeenth century. It
was also employed in a less degree in Holland. A pair of beakers, thus embellished,
of Dordrecht make, is in a church at Portugaal.
The fourth class is a plain beaker of the same shape as the third but without the
granulated band. This also was made in very small numbers. A group of three
may be seen on Plate VI, which belong to the East Parish Congregational church
at Barnstable. Three of these beakers in that church were made by Moody Russell
of that town (1694-1761) and a fourth was wrought by the well-known Boston
silversmith, Edward Winslow (16 6 9- 17 5 3). One more, in the Old South church
at Boston, is from the combined workshop of Robert Sanderson and John Hull,
and a second in this church is by John Coney (1655-1722) and is illustrated on
Plate XX. There are others at Hampton, New Hampshire, two of which are
shown on Plate LXX.
The fifth class is the beaker with a decorated body, which is more common in
New York than in New England, the New York silversmiths having been inspired
by the numerous Dutch beakers before their eyes. In New England there are
four decorated specimens. The finest is that in the First Congregational church
at Marblehead, which was made by Robert Sanderson and John Hull; it is
decorated with conventional strap-bands and arabesques, such as those on Dutch
and English beakers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and is illustrated
on Plate LXXXVI. In the same church is a second decorated beaker which was
copied in 1772 by Joseph Smith of Boston from the rare Charles II beaker in
this church. A third example occurs in the "Perren" beaker in the Newman
Congregational church, East Providence, which is illustrated on Plate LVIII.
The fourth specimen is engraved with a band of foliage, acanthus leaves and
vandyke ornaments, and was made by that short-lived Boston silversmith, David
Jesse (1 670-I1708). This is in the First church at Dorchester and is illustrated
on Plate LIII.
Two unusual beakers with handles are illustrated on Plates LXXIII and XC. The
first, in the First Congregational church at Hatfield, Massachusetts, has a narrow
fluting; this was made in 17 13 by John Edwards of Boston. The second, in the
First Congregational church at Milford, Connecticut, is embellished along the
base with flat scalloped work.
The eleven decorated beakers wrought by New York silversmiths are, as might
be expected, wholly Dutch in character, as may be seen from the illustrations.
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