Lot Essay
An nearly identical tankard by Bancker engraved with block initials VP / IH was sold at Pook & Pook Inc., Downington, Pennsylvania, 10 October 2020, lot 719.
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PROPERTY FROM THE WUNSCH COLLECTION
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF ADRIAN BANCKER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF ADRIAN BANCKER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Tapering cylindrical, with molded foot rim, the hinged flat-domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle engraved with block initials IV above a rat tail and with a cast cherub's head lower terminal, marked on either side of the handle AB in a circle
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
39 oz. 12 dwt. (1,232 gr.)
MARK OF ADRIAN BANCKER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Tapering cylindrical, with molded foot rim, the hinged flat-domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle engraved with block initials IV above a rat tail and with a cast cherub's head lower terminal, marked on either side of the handle AB in a circle
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
39 oz. 12 dwt. (1,232 gr.)
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Julia Jones
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