Caster

Arts of the Americas

1731–40

Jacob Hurd
American, 1702/03–1758
Boston

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Jacob Hurd
Title: Caster
Place: Boston (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1731–1740
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Maker's mark on bottom: "Hurd" in shaped mark outline; Roman script initials "E*C" engraved underside of foot; Jacob Hurd (1702-1758)
Dimensions: H.: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Nelson E. Smyth
Reference Number: 1987.120
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By descent in the Cambell Family, Boston, and, after the Revolution, Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada; Mrs. Judith Bustead, Matapedia, Canada; with William Core Duffy, Kittery, ME, by 1987; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.

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