AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

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Lot 385 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF SAMUEL MINOTT, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, CIRCA 1760

Tapered cylindrical with molded base band and mid-rib, the stepped domed cover with scroll thumbpiece and writhen finial, the scroll handle with baluster drop above engraved block monogram H / T*M and with oval disc terminal, marked to left of upper handle terminal Minott in a rectangle (Kane mark B)

8 5⁄8 in. (21.9 cm.) high

31 oz. 10 dwt. (980 gr.)





Provenance

With Richard Loeb (b. 1905), New Brunkswick, New Jersey.

With Tillou Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

Acquired from 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 5.

American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971, p. 74, no. 103.

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 696.



Exhibited

By repute, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, first half 20th century.

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, 17 July - 13 September 1971.
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