Peter Oliver

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1695 to John Coney in Boston MA ⁷

• Porringer, c 1710
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
h: 1 5/8"
d; 4 3/16" (lip)
l: 2 1/8" (handle)
wt: 3 oz, 12 dwt
Engraved TBM for Thomas and Mary Barton, married 1710. The size is that of a child's porringer, but with adult initials. The unusual handle design can also be found on pieces made by Jeremiah Dummer, William Cowles, and Thomas Savage.

• Flagon, 1711
Winterthur Library ²¹
h: 11 7/8"
d: 6 7/16" (of base)
wt: 47 oz 5 dwt
Engraved in a leafy cartouche "Mrs. Elizabeth Wensley / To the Second Church / of Christ in / Boston / 1711"

Peter married Jerusha Mather on 8 Mar 1709 in Boston MA. (Jerusha Mather was born on 16 Apr 1684 in Boston MA, christened on 20 Apr 1684 in Boston MA and died on 20 Dec 1710 in Boston MA.)

Peter next married Hopestill Winslow on 1 Mar 1711 in Boston MA. (Hopestill Winslow was born about 1680 in Boston MA.)