1820 American Coin Silver Porringer with Boston Provenance - Drummond Councilman Family
$1,200.00
A gorgeous American coin silver porringer from Boston. Circular, with openwork cast "keyhole" handle and of a light-medium gauge of silver. Handsomely engraved "Christiana Drummond Councilman Oct. 6, 1897" and then later "Christiana Councilman Morgan February 14th, 1954". Unmarked for maker, but silver contents is guaranteed. A near identical handle can be seen on our 1830 unmarked coin silver porringer. I believe this is c. 1820, but it could be earlier.
Christiana Councilman (Morgan) was an American artist, writer and lay psychoanalyst at Harvard University best known for her work co-authoring the Thematic Apperception Test, one of the most widely used projective psychological tests. She was the lover of American psychologist Henry Murray, who commissioned Gaston Lachaise to make a nude portrait statue of her. Morgan was an alcoholic and died at at Denis Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Island under unclear circumstances age 69 where her body was found near the beach, drowned in less than two feet of water.
Condition:
Top quality with no major issues noted. Small dings and light surface scratching noted.
Dimensions: 1.75" x 8". 185 grams
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Christiana Councilman (Morgan) was an American artist, writer and lay psychoanalyst at Harvard University best known for her work co-authoring the Thematic Apperception Test, one of the most widely used projective psychological tests. She was the lover of American psychologist Henry Murray, who commissioned Gaston Lachaise to make a nude portrait statue of her. Morgan was an alcoholic and died at at Denis Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Island under unclear circumstances age 69 where her body was found near the beach, drowned in less than two feet of water.
Condition:
Top quality with no major issues noted. Small dings and light surface scratching noted.
Dimensions: 1.75" x 8". 185 grams
See also:
Check out some of my other sterling silver here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=19121632
Or just browse around the shop!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP