A SILVER BRAZIER

MARK OF JOHN BURT, BOSTON, CIRCA 1730

Details

A SILVER BRAZIER
MARK OF JOHN BURT, BOSTON, CIRCA 1730
Circular, with pierced sides, on three hoof feet, with three scroll dish supports, the turned wood handle set in cylindrical silver socket, the base with trace of original monogram I*W, and another monogram M/J:M, and later engraved with inscription John C. Phillips from his Mother Nov. 5, 1915. From the Philips family old silver under the base, marked twice with Kane mark B
12¼ in. long over handle, 16 oz. 10 dwt. (518 gr.) gross weight

Provenance

Jonathan and Miriam (Clark) Mason, of Boston, married in 1741
Miriam Mason (b. 1754), daughter, married Lt. Governor William Phillips in 1774, by descent to
John C. Phillips, circa 1915

Literature

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 251, line 13

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Lot Essay

The mate to this brazier is at the Art Institute of Chicago and is illustrated in David A. Hanks, "American Silver at the Art Institute of Chicago," fig. 5, p. 420. It is identically engraved underneath with the monogram of Jonathan and Miriam Mason and the presentation inscription to John C. Phillips in 1915. It descended in the Phillips family until it was acquired by the museum in 1952.

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