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MARK OF WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1760
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A SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1760
Tapering cylindrical, with reeded foot, the body applied with a midband, the domed cover with scroll thumbpiece and flame finial, the scroll handle with mask terminal and engraved with monogram W over E*S, the base later engraved John Holmes, also with scratch weight 28 oz 5 pt., marked near handle (Kane mark A)
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high; 26 oz. 10 dwt. (836 gr.)
MARK OF WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1760
Tapering cylindrical, with reeded foot, the body applied with a midband, the domed cover with scroll thumbpiece and flame finial, the scroll handle with mask terminal and engraved with monogram W over E*S, the base later engraved John Holmes, also with scratch weight 28 oz 5 pt., marked near handle (Kane mark A)
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high; 26 oz. 10 dwt. (836 gr.)
Literature
Patrica Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 898
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