18TH CENTURY BEAKER

THIS HEAVY 5 ¼”TALL BEAKER IS FROM THE MOLD OF THE 18TH CENTURY USED BY THE DANFORTHS(THOMAS II, JOSEPH, EDWARD ,SAMUEL. IT WAS ALSO PROBABLY USED EARLIER BY ROBERT BONNYNGE PRIOR TO MAKING ITS WAY TO CONNECTICUT WITH JACOB WHITMORE. THIS MOLD WAS USED IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY THE BOARDMANS BUT THE BEAKER WAS LIGHTER IN WEIGHT. THE CONDITION OF THIS UNMARKED BEAKER IS EXCELLENT.