Property of PETER JAY DUBOIS
A SILVER TANKARD
Details
A SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES LE ROUX, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Cylindrical, the molded base with applied band of cut-card leaves, with molded rim, the scroll handle applied with a beaded rattail and terminating with an applied cherub's mask, the flat domed cover with crenellated rim and corkscrew thumbpiece, marked near rim on either side of handle join
6½in. high
(27oz.)
The initials on the base I(?) over PM are by tradition those of Peter and Maria Van Cortlandt Jay, married in 1728.
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES LE ROUX, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Cylindrical, the molded base with applied band of cut-card leaves, with molded rim, the scroll handle applied with a beaded rattail and terminating with an applied cherub's mask, the flat domed cover with crenellated rim and corkscrew thumbpiece, marked near rim on either side of handle join
6½in. high
(27oz.)
The initials on the base I(?) over PM are by tradition those of Peter and Maria Van Cortlandt Jay, married in 1728.
Provenance
Catherine Helena Jay, m. Augustus DuBois
Arthur Mason DuBois
John Jay DuBois
Arthur Mason DuBois
John Jay DuBois
Literature
V. Isabelle Miller, Silver by New York Makers, 1937, no. 176, p.19.
Exhibited
The Museum of the City of New York, 1937-1995