ID 1122293
Lot 399 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
MARK OF ELIAS PELLETREAU, SOUTH HAMPTON, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1760
Tapering cylindrical with molded foot band, the flat domed cover with shaped beak and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and oval terminal, engraved with block monogram S / T=A, marked both sides of handle EP in a rectangle
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
30 oz. 6 dwt. (942 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly for a member of the Smith Family.
With Samuel Marshall.
With Ginsberg & Levy, New York, 1940.
With Dr. Norman Treves (1894-1964), New York, sold,
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 31 October 1964, lot 251.
Literature
Allen Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 82-83, fig 8.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Tankards |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Tankards |
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