AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

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Lot 409 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JACOB TEN EYCK, ALBANY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725

Slightly tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the flat-domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle with band of beading and engraved with block monogram L / PC, cast cherub terminal, marked ITE in an oval both sides of upper handle terminal and cover, underside with scratch weight 37 3⁄4, and scratched with conjoined initials WL

7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

36 oz. 6 dwt. (1,129 gr.)





Provenance

Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and his wife Catherine Van Brugh Livingston (1689-1756).

With The Francis P. and Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.

With James Graham Inc., New York, 1952, sold to,

The duPont Collection ("The Younger").

With Tillou Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

Acquired by the present owners from the above, November 1962.



Literature

Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 82-83, fig 9.



Exhibited

New York, Museum of the City of New York, before 1952.

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, before 1952.

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors Exhibition, September 1963.
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