MARK OF BENJAMIN WYNKOOP, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1720-1730

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A SILVER CANN
MARK OF BENJAMIN WYNKOOP, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1720-1730
The front engraved with mirror cypher probably of JHB, monogram within foliate mantle, the interior gilt, marked twice near rim and under base
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high; 11 oz. 6 dwt. (352 gr.)

Provenance

Elmendorf family, Kingston, New York
Richard Loeb, New Jersey
Offered through Ginsberg & Levy to Walter Jeffords in Oct. 1948 for $2,000
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jeffords; Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 2004, lot 729.

Literature

The Magazine Antiques, 'The Distinctive Quality of Early New York Silver: An Editorial Note.' May, 1938, reprinted in Early American Silver and its Makers, fig. 6, p. 94.

Exhibited

New York: Museum of the City of New York, Silver by New York Makers, 1937-38, no. 379. p.71, illus.

Sale room notice

Please note this lot will now be offered not subject to a reserve.

Lot Essay

A smaller mug of similar form but without feet, c. 1710, is in the Museum of the City of New York (See Waters, Elegant Plate: Three Centuries of Precious Metals in New York City, vol. 1, 2000, no. 88, pp. 222-3). Another small cup, with midband, is at Winterthur (See Quimby, American Silver at Winterthur, 1995, no. 305, p. 322-3). A further cup, of similar form but lacking feet and dated 1700-1725 is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 33.120.288).

Richard Loeb (b. 1905)
Loeb's American silver collection was appeared in Charles Montgomery's list of prominent American collectors. Loeb, a successful businessman, had a dispute with the government regarding his taxes and left the US for Chile shortly after World War II. Ginsberg & Levy dispersed the collection following Loeb's departure.

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