Lot 76
An American Coin Silver Presentation Pitcher and Salver, Haddock, Lincoln & Foss, Boston, wc. 1857-1865, presentation inscription "Newton Talbot Esq/from Members of the/Second Society of Universalists/Boston/in appreciation of his long-continued and valuable services/and in token of their Personal esteem/January 14th/1868", height 10 in.; the circular salver with gadrooned border, chased well centered by handsome strapwork monogram, "NT", diameter 10 in., combined weight 49.45 troy ozs Note: The Second Society of Universalists (Cambridge, MA) was organized in 1823 and held their last church service in 1907. Newton Talbot (1815-1904) was a prominent Boston businessman and member of the church who also served as a trustee of Universalists-founded Tufts College from 1868 to 1904. Talbot published The Flag of Our Union, a weekly featuring works by Louisa May Alcott and Edgar Allen Poe.
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