Ebenezer Noyes Moulton
Child's Cann

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Maker Ebenezer Noyes MoultonAmerican, 1768–1824

CultureAmerican

Titles

Child's Cann

Datec. 1790

Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States

MediumSilver

Dimensions3 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (7.6 × 8.3 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Marie Blaine, Leslie Bucher, Sharon G. Dies, Kay English, Cheri Fossler, Catherine Ann Gassman, Patricia Holmes, Cyril Hosley, Linda Martin, Kay V. Rath, Carol Weaver, and Barbara E. Williams in memory of Lindsay Davis Weems and in honor of Dinah and Jeff Weems

Object numberB.2018.2

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Kilroy Center

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

DescriptionAlthough silver child’s cups became popular as gifts in the nineteenth century, eighteenth-century examples are quite rare. Ebenezer Moulton came from a multi-generational family of silversmiths who worked in New England and beyond. In the nineteenth century, the firm, in the possession of Joseph Moulton (a collateral descendant), was sold to Anthony Francis Towle and William P. Jones, the forerunner of today’s Towle Silversmiths.
ProvenanceJames H. Halpin, Bronxville, New York (1902–1992); Estate of James H. Halpin; [Christie’s, New York, January 22, 1993, sale 7624, lot 96]; purchased by [Jonathan Trace, Portsmouth, New Hampshire], 1993; purchased by Ruth Nutt (1934–2013), Seattle; Estate of Ruth Nutt; [Sotheby’s, New York, "The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt," January 24, 2015, sale NO9304, lot 488]; purchased by [S. J. Shrubsole, New York], 2015; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition HistoryAmerican Art from American Collections; Decorative Arts, Paintings, and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods, from Private Collections. March 6–April 28, 1963. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Engraved monogram opposite handle: ECG
Engraved on bottom: MGC

Marked on bottom, incuse: MOULTON

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