AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

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21.01.2022 14:00UTC -04:00
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ID 696176
Lot 287 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JOHN BAYLY SR., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1770

Baluster form on a stepped circular foot, the front engraved with a rococo cartouche enclosing a lion rampant, with a crest above and motto Clario Hinc Honos, the stepped domed cover with openwork scrolled thumbpiece, the double scroll handle with oval terminal, marked on underside I pellett Bayly incuse, and engraved with weight 37 oz, further marked IB in an oval left of upper handle terminal

8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.) high

36 oz. 8 dwt. (1,132 gr.)







Provenance

Possibly William Buchanan (1748 - 1824),

Thence by decent to the present owner.





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Please note this tankard has additional provenance. It is being offered by a decendant of the original owner.
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