MAKER'S MARK OF GEORGE HANNERS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1720
Details
A SILVER TANKARD
maker's mark of george hanners, boston, circa 1720
Tapering cylindrical, on molded rim base, the hinged domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle applied with baluster decoration and engraved B over EM, and terminating in applied coin, marked under base, near rim and on cover
7½in. high; 23oz. 10dwt.
maker's mark of george hanners, boston, circa 1720
Tapering cylindrical, on molded rim base, the hinged domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle applied with baluster decoration and engraved B over EM, and terminating in applied coin, marked under base, near rim and on cover
7½in. high; 23oz. 10dwt.
Provenance
The monogram E*M B is that of Ebenezer Burrill (1679-1761) and his wife Martha Farmington Burrill (1679-1760) of Lynn, Massachusetts. Burrill was the youngest brother of John Burrill, well-known among silver collectors as the donor of the Burrill silver bequest to the First Church of Christ in Lynn, sold Sotheby's, June 19, 1992. The tankard descended in the Burrill family until 1979. Further genealogy accompanies this lot.
Lillian Blankley Cogan collection, sold Christie's, September 7, 1992, lot 168.
Lillian Blankley Cogan collection, sold Christie's, September 7, 1992, lot 168.