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ca. 1760

American, 1723-1795

A leading silversmith and entrepreneur in New York, Myer Myers was the British-Empire's first native Jewish resident formally trained and working in the art of silversmithing. Most European countries prohibited Jews from working with precious metals.

Silver

height: 4 3/8in. (11.1cm)

Diam.: 6 7/8in. (17.5cm)

Gift of Ruth J. Nutt

2014.24.33

Provenance: Ann Gillooly, Jackson/Gillooly, March 21, 1986

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "An American Sampler" May 18, 2002 - July 4, 2005

New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, September 14 - December 30, 2001; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, February 20 - May 26, 2002 and Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Delaware, June 20 - September 13, 2002.

Published ReferencesBarquest, David L., Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, no. 70, p. 166

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