Cann by William Cowell Jr.
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Cann

William Cowell Jr. · 1735–50

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Florence Randolph, New York, by 1938; with Parke-Bernet, New York, December 3, 1938, lot 13. With Robert Ensko, New York, by 1953; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society: The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat. 179.

Literature

Published references

  • Patricia E. Kane et al., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (Yale University Art Gallery, 1998) p. 346.
  • Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 17 (ill.)
  • Elizabeth McGoey, ed., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (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. 17 (ill.).

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