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A SILVER TANKARD

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A SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF MYER MYERS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1760

Tapering cylindrical, on molded foot, with double scroll handle with molded drop and flying scroll terminal, the hinged flat cover with scroll thumbpiece and engraved with a mirror cypher SB, engraved under base with scratch weight 31ozs. 4dwt, marked MM conjoined, Buhler mark a--6 7/8in. high
(31 oz.)

Lot Essay

The cypher SB is thought to be that of Samuel Bush.

A related tankard by Myers engraved with a similar mirror cypher on the cover is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery (illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler & Graham Hood, American Silver, 1970, fig. 654, pp. 96-97).