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A SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL VERNON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1726-1737
Cylindrical, the S-scroll handle applied with a molded drop and terminating with a coin, the domed cover with a molded conical finial and a scroll thumbpiece, on a molded base,the handle engraved "IMW", marked on cover and side--8in. high
(31 oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL VERNON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1726-1737
Cylindrical, the S-scroll handle applied with a molded drop and terminating with a coin, the domed cover with a molded conical finial and a scroll thumbpiece, on a molded base,the handle engraved "IMW", marked on cover and side--8in. high
(31 oz.)
Provenance
The initials IMW on the handle are those of John Waterman (1698-1751) and Mercy Stafford Waterman (1714-1811) of Warwick, Rhode Island. Thence by descent to
William Waterman
John Waterman
Ray Greene Allen and Emma (Waterman) Allen
Daniel Gould and Amanda (Allen) Allen
Charles Henry Allen and Ellen (Clapp) Allen
Howard Vernon Allen (1878-1969)
Vernon Sterns Allen (1906-1983)
Further genealogy accompanies this lot, including relevant pages from D. L. Jacobus and E.F. Waterman, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Richard Waterman of Providence v. III (Hartford, 1954).
William Waterman
John Waterman
Ray Greene Allen and Emma (Waterman) Allen
Daniel Gould and Amanda (Allen) Allen
Charles Henry Allen and Ellen (Clapp) Allen
Howard Vernon Allen (1878-1969)
Vernon Sterns Allen (1906-1983)
Further genealogy accompanies this lot, including relevant pages from D. L. Jacobus and E.F. Waterman, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Richard Waterman of Providence v. III (Hartford, 1954).