ID 1122221
Lot 387 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
MARK OF KNIGHT LEVRETT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1745
Tapered cylindrical with molded base band and mid-rib, engraved on the front with a later coat-of-arms, the stepped domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop above engraved block monogram T / A*M, with convex George I silver shilling, South Sea Company issue, coin terminal, marked on handle and twice on underside K. Leverett in rectangle (Kane mark A), underside also with engraved weight 28 oz - 16 pwt, and scratched 1703-1753, which corresponds to Levrett's life dates
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
26 oz. 10 dwt. (824 gr.)
Provenance
Probably with Samuel Solley (c. 1710-1785).
Acquired by the present owner in August 1963.
Literature
Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 82-83, fig 6.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 658.
| 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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