Salver
Artist: William Simpkins (American, 1704-1780)
Date: about 1760
Dimensions:
Diam: 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
Medium: Silver
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George P. MacNichol, Jr.
Object number: 1987.224
Label Text:The coat-of-arms on this salver (serving tray) commemorates the marriage of Richard Lechmere (1727–1813) and Mary Phipps (1725–1815), the granddaughter of Sir William Phipps, British governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1692 to 1694. The Lechmere family name is still seen throughout Boston, such as Lechmere Square and Lechmere T Station. However, Richard Lechmere—who had made his wealth from the distillation of rum, one of the linchpins in the slave trade—was a British Loyalist who derided the American rebels of the Revolutionary War as “wicked and deluded.” The family left for England during the war and their property was later confiscated by the new American government.
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