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William Garrett Forbes and William Faris, Sr.

Gravy Boat

1774-1784

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Gravy Boat

1774-1784

Physical Qualities Silver, 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (11.4 × 19.7 × 9.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number 1933.54.26
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD by purchase, November 1920; Mr. Pitt
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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. 37, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.114, ill.

Inscribed: Inscribed monogram on the side: "P.C.W."

Markings: no hallmarks

Maker

William Garrett Forbes

1750–1839

American, 1751 - 1840
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Previously attributed to

William Faris, Sr.

1727–1803

1728-1804
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