American Federal Coin Silver Pap Boat , Samuel Williamson (1772-1843), act. Philadelphia 1794-1813, marked "WILLIAMSON" in rectangle, straight gadroon border, period script monogram, l. 4 1/2 in., wt. 2.40 troy ozs . Provenance: Reputedly, by descent in the family of American politician and soldier John Edgar Howard (1752-1827), Governor of Maryland; Estate of Noted Antiquarian James D. "Don" Didier, New Orleans Note: Williamson's silver is included in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery and Winterhur Museum. Ref.: Hollan, Catherine B. Philadelphia Silversmiths, p. 219, mark illus. p. 219.