Spout cup, ca. 1720-1730

Mark:
MR, capitals in a small rectangle, left of the handle <br/>
Engraved:
I P R <br/>
Exhibited:
Newton College of the Sacred Heart; Newton, Massachusetts; March 10, 1963; no. 137. Salve Regina College; Newport, Rhode Island; May 17, 1964; no. 137. St. Julia's Women's Club; Weston, Massachusetts; May 25, 1966; No. 14. <br/>
Dimensions:
H. 3 1/16" D. of top 3 5/16" D. of bottom 2 15/32" 5.05 ozt. <br/> The straight sides of this spout cup flare at the lip and are varied by a moulded baseband and moulded strap scroll handle. The graceful spout joins the body above the baseband. A similar spout cup by Moody Russell, but smaller, is illustrated on page 157, figure 128, volume I, in Kathryn C. Buhler's American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Another by the maker is also illustrated on page 389 in Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers, by Francis Hill Bigelow. Opposite the handle on the body is engraved I P R, in block letters.