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Tankard
John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
1690–1700
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (h x dia of foot): 20 x 14.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.); Other (Lip): 12.7cm (5in.); Weight: 39 oz., 10 dwt.
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 Number42.242
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 43
DescriptionTankard with straight tapering sides, incised lines at rim, applied molded baseband. Flat stepped cover, molded flange serrated front and back. Cast dolphin and mask thumbpiece, scroll handle with broad rattail on body, cast cherub's head tip; five-part hinge with wavy lines in molded hinge plates, the outer shaped.
InscriptionsEngraved with Browne arms and crest in acanthus scroll cartouche on front; MB on bottom.
ProvenanceMary Browne (1679-1753, daughter of William Browne (d. 1716); by descent to Dr. E. Lawrence Oliver (1); 1924, lent by Dr. Oliver to MFA; 1929, returned; by 1932 to Philip L Spalding; 1932, relent by Mr Spaling to MFA; 1940, transfered to Mrs. Spalding; 1942, gift of Mrs. Spalding and children to MFA. (Accession date: April 9 and 16, 1942)
1: She m. Benjamin Lynde (Harvard (1686) 1699; their son Benjamin (b. 1700) (Harvard 1718), m. Mary, daughter of Major John Bowle and widow of Captain Walter Goodridge; their daughter Mary, m. Andrew Oliver (Harvard 1749), ancestors of Dr. Oliver
1: She m. Benjamin Lynde (Harvard (1686) 1699; their son Benjamin (b. 1700) (Harvard 1718), m. Mary, daughter of Major John Bowle and widow of Captain Walter Goodridge; their daughter Mary, m. Andrew Oliver (Harvard 1749), ancestors of Dr. Oliver