AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN AND BOWEN BLAIR, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF CHARLES LE ROUX, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725

Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF CHARLES LE ROUX, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725
Slightly tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the flat domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and oval disc terminal, engraved on the front with a later coat-of-arms in a baroque acanthus strapwork and brickwork cartouche, marked on left and right of upper handle terminal C pellet R in an oval
6 7⁄8 in. (17.4 cm.) high
33 oz. 16 dwt. (1,051 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly for Sir William Burnet (1687-1729), colonial governor of New York and New Jersey and later Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and his wife Anna Maria Von Horne.
With John and Elizabeth Crother or Crouthier of New York.
With James Graham and Sons, New York, sold to,
Tillou Gallery, Buffalo, New York, by 1960.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, between 1962 and 1965.
Literature
Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, pp. 82-83, fig 9.

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Lot Essay

The coat-of-arms on the present lot commemorate Sir William Burnet (1687-1729). Burnet was born in The Hague, Netherlands to Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) and Mary Scott (1660-1698). Burnet was connected with prestige and royalty from a young age as his mother was heiress of a wealthy Scottish family, and his father was a leading theologian to the court of King William III of Orange, who was made Burnet's godfather. After studying at Oxford and receiving private tutoring from scholars including Isaac Newton, Burnet eventually passed the bar, and became a member of the Royal Society, for which he reported on numerous scientific and natural topics. Through his connections with Robert Hunter (1666-1734), who served as Colonial Governor of New Jersey and New York, Burnet was appointed to the same post from 1720-1728. Following the death of King George I and the renewal of royal commissions, Burnet was moved to the position of Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire which he served in until his death the following year.

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