American Silver Salver

The arms are those of Greene. The original owner was probably William Greene (1695 ? 1758), governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1743 to 1758, and his wife, Catharine Greene (1698 ? 1777), a second cousin, whom he married 1719. The pair to this salver is the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982.183. That salver is engraved on the reverse, "The pair at 14 oz 16 dw 12 gr." The provenance on the Boston museum piece is given as: By descent to their son William Greene (1731 ? 1809), governor of Rhode Island 1778 ? 1785, and his wife, Catharine Ray (1731 ? 1794), m. 1758. By descent through their daughter Phebe Greene (1760 ? 1828) and her husband and first cousin, Samuel Ward (1756 ? 1832), Lieut. Col. in the Continental Army, m. 1778. Ward was named for his father, Samuel Ward (1725 ? 1776), who was governor of Rhode Island in 1762 and 1765 ? 68; the elder Ward was also a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. Probably by descent through their son William Greene Ward (1802 ? 1848) and Abby Maria Hall (1802 ? 1887) of New York City, m. 1830; To their son Charles Henry Ward (1833 ? 1905) and Mary Montagu Parmely (1830 ? 1913), m. 1857; To their son Henry Merion Ward (1870 ? 1949) and Lucy Bond Morgan of Washington, D.C. To their son Samuel Bond Ward (1905 ? 1982) of La Plata, Maryland, and acquired by the Museum. Ex-collection of Arthur L. Liebman, the donor