AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

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19.01.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 387 | AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF KNIGHT LEVRETT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1745

Tapered cylindrical with molded base band and mid-rib, engraved on the front with a later coat-of-arms, the stepped domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop above engraved block monogram T / A*M, with convex George I silver shilling, South Sea Company issue, coin terminal, marked on handle and twice on underside K. Leverett in rectangle (Kane mark A), underside also with engraved weight 28 oz - 16 pwt, and scratched 1703-1753, which corresponds to Levrett's life dates

8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

26 oz. 10 dwt. (824 gr.)





Provenance

Probably with Samuel Solley (c. 1710-1785).

Acquired by the present owner in August 1963.



Literature

Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 82-83, fig 6.

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 658.
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