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Tankard
Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718)
about 1685
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 17.9 x 14 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection—Given in his memory by Katharine Ames Spalding and Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding
Accession Number42.221
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 14
DescriptionStraight tapering sides, sharply everted rim with incised line below, applied molded baseband. No center point on body; one on cover. Flat stepped cover, plain flange serrated at front and sides flanking hinge plate, under which flange curves (bezel seamed at front). Three-part hinge with rectangular modeled support, its base tangent to step of lid; scroll handle with a relatively short heavy V-drop on body. Wide flat handle surface overhangs on upper handle but no sign of initials. Lower joining and hinge plate resoldered. Inexplicable surface texture.
Marks
ID fleur-de-lis below in heart on cover and at left of handle
ProvenanceBuhler Catalogue: Early history unknown: owned by the donor in 1928.