Raised bulbous or bellied cann or mug engraved "SECOND / PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / NEWBURYPORT" on front in shaded serif letters beneath drapery swags. Plain flared rim, rounded bottom, and cast flared circular foot. Hollow, double C-scroll handle has a sprigged upper terminal and a split scroll lower terminal; both with stepped conical struts. Rim exterior struck once to left of handle "JOHN / BURT" in raised slanted serif letters in a rounded-corner rectangle. Centerpoint on bottom underside with old red-bordered white paper collection label adhered below.
Maker is John Burt (1692/3-1746) of Boston, MA; father of silversmiths Samuel (1724-1754), William (1726-1751) and Benjamin (1729-1805).
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