AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

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ID 696281
Lot 296 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF EDWARD WINSLOW, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1725

Tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche and surmounted by a crest, the stepped-domed cover with baluster-form finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle applied with baluster drop and oval terminal, the handle further engraved with block initials B / M*A, marked to left of handle (Kane mark A) and on hinge of cover (Kane mark C)

7 1⁄2 in. (19 cm.) high

24 oz. 14 dwt. (768 gr.)







Provenance

The Property of a Descendant; Christie's, New York, 19 September 1981, lot 88.





Literature

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, Boston, 1998, p. 982.
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