Beaker
Myer Myers
1770–90 · Silver · The American Wing
This beaker is one of three in the Museum’s collection (1980.501.1-.3) and was originally part of a set of six made for Isaac Moses and his wife, Reyna Levy, possibly at the time of their wedding on August 8, 1770. Reyna was a daughter of Myer Myers’s sister, Sloe, and her husband, the merchant Hayman Levy. Isaac Moses was a highly successful businessman, involved in international trade as well as privateering. Both he and Myers were active members of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York.
- Artist
- Myer Myers
- Date
- 1770–90
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. McFadden, 1980
