Title
Tankard
Object Type
Creator
Date
circa 1700-1720
Description
Engraved: 1685 on thumbpiece (added and probably incorrect); ITH on handle, original owner probably John and H. Townsend; also on handle, HE, AH, AF, CT, ET, and MSH on handle terminal; scrolled thumbpiece; low flat dome on stepped lid. (Newport Historical Society, 1991Antique American silver tankard made by Samuel Vernon, Newport, R.I., having a flat top hinged cover with a shell thumb-piece, canted body, c-scroll handle; handle initialed HE, AE, CF, EF, dated 1685 on body, 4.5-inch diameter top, 5.25-inch diameter base, 7 inches tall, fine condition, circa 1715.
Medium
silver
Extent
top diameter 4.5 in.; base diameter 5.25 in.; height 7 in.
Collection
Source
unknown
Identifier
DEC.007
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