Cann
Zachariah Brigden, American, 1734 - 1787
about 1780
Silver
Overall: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Base: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Overall: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.969.76
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked on bottom, in script: ZBrigden [pellet between, in cartouche]; engraved: [crest of a unicorn's head on torso in horizontally lined circle within leaf-lined double circles in a wreath.]
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
American Decorative Art at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 10-March 1, 1981, no. 21.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 12, 2009-present.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 1984.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-April 4, 1976.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 11-January 5, 1979.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 12-November 11, 1977.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 5.
The Rococo Style in New England Silver, Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13, 2012.
William Hogarth and the Serpentine l'Line of Beauty, Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 28-December 5, 1980.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 5.
Margaret J. Moody, American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1981, no. 21.
Kathryn C. Buhler, Massachusetts Silver in the Frank L. and Louise C. Harrington Collection, Worcester, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1965, p. 97-99, ill. p. 98-99.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 208-210, 1998.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 192, no. 161.
Provenance
Owned in equal shares by Mrs. William Stanley Parker and her sister, Miss Frances R. Porter, Boston, Massachusetts (grand-daughter of Captain William Cunningham); solt to on October 1, 1963 by Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1, 1963; sold to Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts, May 25, 1968; given to present collection, 1969.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu