A PEWTER FLAT-TOP QUART TANKARD

ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK BASSETT, NEW YORK CITY, ACTIVE, 1761-1800

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A PEWTER FLAT-TOP QUART TANKARD
attributed to frederick bassett, new york city, active, 1761-1800
The flat top with crenallated lip, incised concentric ring decoration and rams-horn thumbpiece above a tapered cylindrical body with scroll handle and fish-tail terminal, on a molded base
6½ in. high

拍品专文

"Generally accepted to be one of the best of all American tankard designs," this form is illustrated and discussed in Museum of Our Natural Heritage, Pewter in American Life (Pewter Collector's Club of America, 1984) p.28