ID 1122095
Lot 397 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Valeur estimée
$ 12 000 – 18 000
MARK OF JEREMIAH DUMMER, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1690
Tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the cover with shaped beak and incised bands at rim, the flat domed cover chased with sloping gadroons and with corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle ribbed and with cast wrigglework at hinge and with cast cherub terminal with cut card join and ear above, the underside later engraved F / D*S 1750 , W.F. 1776, C.F. 1826., C.L.A. 1862, J.L.W. 1921, A.W. 1943, marked left of upper handle terminal and on cover with ID in a heart (Kane mark A)
6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
22 oz. 8 dwt. (697 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly the family of Rev. Urian Oakes (1631-1681), president of Harvard College 1675-1680.
With Daniel Farnham (1719-1776), and his wife Sybil Angier (1718-1797), granddaugher of Urian Oakes, circa 1750, to their son,
William Farnham (c. 1760-1826), to his daughter,
Charlotte Farnham (d. 1862), to her niece,
Charlotte Louisa Lambard Armitage (1828-1921), to her daughter,
Julia Lambard Armitage Whitman (1865-1942), to her son,
Dr. Armitage Whitman (1887-1962), New York.
With James Graham and Sons, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 21 January 1963.
Literature
Antiques, June 1953, pp. 500-501, frontispiece.
Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 80-81. fig 1.
American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971, p. 74, no. 100.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 395.
Exhibited
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, 17 July - 13 September 1971.
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
|---|---|
| Matériel: | Argent |
| Catégorie: | Сhopes |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
|---|---|
| Matériel: | Argent |
| Catégorie: | Сhopes |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York Etats-Unis | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aperçu |
| ||||||||||||||
| Téléphone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation | ||||||||||||||
| transport |
Service postal Service de messagerie ramassage par vous-même | ||||||||||||||
| Modes de paiement |
Virement bancaire | ||||||||||||||
| Heures d'ouverture | Heures d'ouverture
|








