ID 1122212
Lot 401 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD OF CANADIAN INTEREST
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
MARK OF THAUVET BESLEY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1740
Slightly tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the flat domed cover with scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and oval terminal, marked to both sides of upper handle terminal with B crowned incuse
7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) high
34 oz. 16 dwt. (1,082 gr.)
Provenance
For Rev. Charles Inglis (1734-1816), Rector of Trinity Church, New York and first Bishop of Nova Scotia, to his daughter,
Margaret Inglis (1775-1841) and her husband Sir Brenton Halliburton (1774-1860), 8th Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, to their son,
John Halliburton (1801-1884), to his adopted niece, thence by decent to her great-nephew, sold,
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 17 December 1968, lot 40.
Literature
Marvin D. Schwartz, "Antiques: The American Silversmiths, A Parke-Bernet Sale Proves a Point," The New York Times, 21 December 1968, p. 34.
| 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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