Wood & Hughes Antique Coin Silver Presentation Hot Milk Jug, New York City, c. 1862

This wonderful piece of silver was made by the New York company of Wood & Hughes. With a flaring shell spout and anchor finial, this beautiful piece was presented to the Reverend George B. Cheever, a well known clergyman, author and abolitionist. It is inscribed on the front:

Presented

to

Geo. B. Cheever, D.D.

by

HIS COLORED FRIENDS

As a small token of their high

regard for him as a faithful

Minister of the Gospel, and

the fearless Advocate of Liberty

to the oppressed Slave.

New York, Jan. 1862