ID 1122114
Lot 380 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 8 000
MARK OF BENJAMIN BURT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1780
Tapering cylindrical with molded base band and mid-rib, the high stepped domed cover with writhen finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and oval disc terminal, engraved with block monogram F / N*D, marked left of upper handle terminal Benjamin Burt in a cartouche (Kane mark A)
9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
28 oz. 8 dwt. (883 gr.)
Provenance
Fox family, Portland, Maine.
With Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 7 May 1963.
Literature
Advertised by Whimsy Antiques, publication unknown, May 1963.
Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 82-83, fig 5.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 240.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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