ID 1122168
Lot 406 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 10 000
MARK OF SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1720
Slightly tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the flat-domed cover with shaped beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, with scroll handle with elongated rat tail and trefid terminal, the underside engraved with block monogram S / C*C, marked on left of upper handle terminal SS in a rectangle
7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) high
38 oz. 10 dwt. (1,197 gr.)
Provenance
With the collection of Jerome Kern (1885-1945), Bronxville, New York, by the 1920's.
With James Graham and Sons, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, January 1966.
Literature
Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, p. 83, fig 10.
Exhibited
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, 17 July - 13 September 1971.
| 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 |
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