William Whetcroft
Cann
1764
Physical Qualities
Silver, 3 7/8 × 3 × 4 5/8 in. (9.8 × 7.6 × 11.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.59
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (Mrs. Miles White) (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD by purchase, April 1929; Mr. Magnin; Steuart Family of Anne Arundel County, MD
Maryland HIstorical Society, "A Gardener's Tale: The Eighteenth Century World of Annapolis Silversmith Wiliam Faris", March 25, 2005-November 26, 2005.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 38, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.224, ill.
Inscribed: Inscribed "Alice Steuart." in script on the outer center body
Markings: Underside: "WW" stamped "WW [or WV] / 224" scratched "1761 / EJ" scratched [very tiny]
