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1650-1700 American Coin Silver Dram Cup, Possibly Boston

$8,000.00
The dram cup was popular in the American colonies until the beginning of the eighteenth century. In this period the word “dram” referred to a small quantity of liquor. A similar example is seen at the Houston MFA of Hull and Sanderson’s dram cup (photo shown). The body is raised from a cast ingot with profuse hammer marks and a central kernel, the handles are s-scroll flat wire with restrained decoration. Related examples: Approximately a dozen American dram cups survive, four of them from the Hull and Sanderson shop, including Buhler 1972, vol. 1, pp. 6, 9, nos. 3, 6; Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. 1, p. 3, no. I. Unmarked and unattributed. Item was recovered by a New Hampshire based picker about 70 miles out of Boston who sold it in a New England auction. Top quality with no major issues noted. Dimensions: 1.125" x 3.5" x 4.75". 74 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
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The dram cup was popular in the American colonies until the beginning of the eighteenth century. In this period the word “dram” referred to a small quantity of liquor. A similar example is seen at the Houston MFA of Hull and Sanderson’s dram cup (photo shown). The body is raised from a cast ingot with profuse hammer marks and a central kernel, the handles are s-scroll flat wire with restrained decoration. Related examples: Approximately a dozen American dram cups survive, four of them from the Hull and Sanderson shop, including Buhler 1972, vol. 1, pp. 6, 9, nos. 3, 6; Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. 1, p. 3, no. I. Unmarked and unattributed. Item was recovered by a New Hampshire based picker about 70 miles out of Boston who sold it in a New England auction. Top quality with no major issues noted. Dimensions: 1.125" x 3.5" x 4.75". 74 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
The dram cup was popular in the American colonies until the beginning of the eighteenth century. In this period the word “dram” referred to a small quantity of liquor. A similar example is seen at the Houston MFA of Hull and Sanderson’s dram cup (photo shown). The body is raised from a cast ingot with profuse hammer marks and a central kernel, the handles are s-scroll flat wire with restrained decoration. Related examples: Approximately a dozen American dram cups survive, four of them from the Hull and Sanderson shop, including Buhler 1972, vol. 1, pp. 6, 9, nos. 3, 6; Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. 1, p. 3, no. I. Unmarked and unattributed. Item was recovered by a New Hampshire based picker about 70 miles out of Boston who sold it in a New England auction. Top quality with no major issues noted. Dimensions: 1.125" x 3.5" x 4.75". 74 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