
Cann
John Bayly · 1755–85
Provenance
Ownership history
- Gift of Abraham Kinsey (or Kintzing) (1727-1805) to Ann (Bristow) Jones Erwin (c. 1706-1791) of Philadelphia; by descent to her daughter Elizabeth Gray Jones (b. 1731); by descent to her grandson, Robert Erwin Gray (1787-1870); by descent in the family of Robert Erwin Gray; with Michael Fiorello, Philadelphia, by 1948; with G. David Thompson by 1949; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, <em>Exhibition of Philadelphia Silver 1682–1800</em>, Apr. 14–May 27, 1956, cat. 31.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>The Antiquarian Society: The First One Hundred Years</em>, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat. 202.
- Philadelphia, <em>Antiques Show. A Touch of Class: Silver in Social Settings</em>, Apr. 11–17, 1996.
Literature
Published references
- <em>The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago: A Pictorial Review of Notable Objects in its Collections and Notes on the Society's Aims and History</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1951), no. 51 (ill.).
- Meyric R. Rogers, "American Decorative Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago," <em>The Magazine Antiques</em> LXXIV, 1 (July, 1958), 55 (ill.).
- K.U. McClinton, <em>Collecting American 19th Century Silver</em> (New York, 1968), 17 (ill.).
- Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., <em>American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 27 (ill.).
- Elizabeth McGoey, ed., <em>American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), <a href="https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6">https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6</a>, cat. 27 (ill.).
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