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Detail: Mark
Tankard
Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718)
1695–1705
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 15.4 x 12.1 cm (6 1/16 x 4 3/4 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 Number42.224
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 22
DescriptionStraight tapering sides, applied moulded baseband and rim. Flat stepped cover, incised lines at edge, serrated front. Moulded hinge with wavy lines, double scroll purchase; scroll handle with ring, rat-tail drop, shaped shield tip. Cut-card design at lower handle joining and on cover.
Marks
Marked I D fluer-de-lis below in heart on cover and at left of handle
InscriptionsEngraved on handle C/ IR
ProvenanceEarly history unknown. 1916, lent by William F. Wharton to MFA; 1919, returned to Mr Wharton; by 1928 to Philip L Spalding; 1928, lent by Mr. Spalding to MFA; 1940, given by his wife and children to MFA. (Accession date: April 9 and 16, 1942)