John Lynch
Salver
1817
Physical Qualities
Silver, 8 × 12 × 1 in. (20.3 × 30.5 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Ethel Patterson Randolph
Object Number
1958.38.1
Salver, made by John Lynch, 1818. Molded, engraved. The rectangular form is raised on four claw and acanthus leaf feet and has a milled egg-and-dart rim. An elegantly engraved monogram in the center reads "WFP" indicating William (1788-1865) and Frances (1794-1860) Patterson of Baltimore.
Batlimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1958; Ethel Patterson Randolph (1872-1957), Baltimore, MD likely by descent; Frederick Ethelred (1822-1914) and Olivia Claggett Patterson (1813-1907), Baltimore, MD likely by descent; William Presbury (1788-1865) and Francis Gould Patterson (1794-1860), Baltimore, MD
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 57, ill. 56.
Inscribed: Engraved: "WFP / Patterson"
Markings: 1. "LYNCH", struck on bottom of outer lip 2. "328112" etched on bottom 3. "86" etched on bottom 1818 assay marks: 1. Rectangular shield (Maryland flag in octagon shape), bottom of outer lip 2. Letter D within octagon, bottom of outer lip 3. Head of Liberty, bottom of outer lip
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Chestertown Hallway
