"The Stoughton Cup"

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Description

Straight sides with moulded rim and vertical gadrooning on surbase; moulded splayed foot with band of reeding. Two cast scroll handles with graduated beading, caryatid grips, and snakes' heads at tips. Domed cover with two bands of reeding and melon-shaped finial with gadrooning at joining.

Dimensions

25.4 x 17.8 cm (10 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Gift of the Honorable William Stoughton, 1701, on behalf of Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton (1631-1701) of Massachusetts, who died a week after the ceremony.