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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN AND BOWEN BLAIR, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Cylindrical with molded base band, the stepped domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and convex circular terminal, engraved with block initials C / PE, marked on cover and to left of handle IE below a crown in a shaped cartouche (Kane mark C), further with scratch weight 22=8
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
22 oz. 4 dwt (690 gr.)
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Cylindrical with molded base band, the stepped domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and convex circular terminal, engraved with block initials C / PE, marked on cover and to left of handle IE below a crown in a shaped cartouche (Kane mark C), further with scratch weight 22=8
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
22 oz. 4 dwt (690 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly the Coffin family, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
With Esther Ann Swett Drummond (b. 1820), Dedham, Massachusetts, to her daughter,
Frances Drummond (1846-1877), Auburn, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts, to her daughter,
Winifred Dole (1882-1978), wife of Horace Mann (1881-1961), Southwest Harbor, Maine.
With James Graham and Sons, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, July 1962.
With Esther Ann Swett Drummond (b. 1820), Dedham, Massachusetts, to her daughter,
Frances Drummond (1846-1877), Auburn, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts, to her daughter,
Winifred Dole (1882-1978), wife of Horace Mann (1881-1961), Southwest Harbor, Maine.
With James Graham and Sons, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, July 1962.
Literature
Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, p. 81, fig. 3.
American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971, p. 74, no. 102.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 420.
American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971, p. 74, no. 102.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 420.
Exhibited
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, 17 July - 13 September 1971.
Brought to you by
Julia Jones
Associate Specialist
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