April 23, 2026: Spring Fine & Decorative Arts - Day Two
Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc. info@jeffreysevans.com
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MASSACHUSETTS COLONIAL SILVER PUNCH STRAINER, round bowl with reeded rim and piercing, featuring a grid of "X" and dot shapes bordered by scrolled motifs and dotted swags, having two applied cast Rococo-style handles, underside with presentation engraving that reads, "The / Gift of Daniel Peirce Esqr." and "To Mrs. / Sarah Deming / 1761". Unmarked. Total weight: 4.025 ozt. Probably Boston area. Circa 1761. 11 1/4" LOA, 4 1/2" D rim.
Catalogue Note: There are several similar American punch strainers from the 18th century still present today in major museum collections, most originating from Boston, MA. Examples with similar Rococo-style handles feature one by Benjamin Burt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object no. 52.65; examples in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston comprising another by Benjamin Burt, accession no. 59.693, one attributed to Alexander Croukshanks, accession no. 64.1992, one by John Coburn, accession no. 1991.690, and a later 18th century strainer by Joseph Loring, accession no. 39.199; examples in the Yale University Art Gallery consisting of one by Daniel Parker, accession no. 2023.42.1, and two later 18th century strainers with one by Paul Revere, Jr., accession no. 1930.971, and the other by William Gowen, accession no. 1930.1022; and one by Jacob Hurd at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, object no. 2020-277. Stainers with similar pierced designs but different handles include one by Samuel Edwards in the MFA, Boston, accession no. 56.671; and one by Paul Revere, Sr. at Yale University, accession no. 1930.1218.
Very good visual condition with some wear, surface scratches, nicks, and light denting, slight bending, a repair along inner edge of nearly one half of rim including at terminals of one handle having a tiny hole and very short split between the terminals.
The collection of Bo and Sandy Rose, Penn Laird, VA.
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