Lot Essay
The donor, Ann White (1684-1774), was the daughter of Erasmond Drew. She married the town clerk, Samuel White, on 5 November 1712.
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MARK OF WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1750
Details
A LARGE AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1750
Tapering cylindrical, applied with midband, the domed cover with bell finial, the handle with scroll thumbpiece and oval terminal, the front engraved with a rococo cartouche and the inscription The gift of Mrs. Ann White to the Church in Brooklyn, marked near rim with Kane mark D and under base with Kane mark C
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high; 36 oz. 10 dwt. (1,141 gr.)
MARK OF WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1750
Tapering cylindrical, applied with midband, the domed cover with bell finial, the handle with scroll thumbpiece and oval terminal, the front engraved with a rococo cartouche and the inscription The gift of Mrs. Ann White to the Church in Brooklyn, marked near rim with Kane mark D and under base with Kane mark C
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high; 36 oz. 10 dwt. (1,141 gr.)
Literature
John Buck, Old Plate, Its Makers & Marks, 1903, p. 242
E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, pl. XXXVII, pp. 99-103
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 898
E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches, 1913, pl. XXXVII, pp. 99-103
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 898
Exhibited
American Church Silver, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1911, no. 940, pl. 32