MARK OF SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1720

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1720
Slightly tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the flat-domed cover with shaped beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, with scroll handle with elongated rat tail and trefid terminal, the underside engraved with block monogram S / C*C, marked on left of upper handle terminal SS in a rectangle
7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) high
38 oz. 10 dwt. (1,197 gr.)

Provenance

With the collection of Jerome Kern (1885-1945), Bronxville, New York, by the 1920's.
With James Graham and Sons, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, January 1966.

Literature

Allan Wardwell, "One Hundred Years of American Tankards," Antiques, 1 July 1966, p. 83, fig 10.

Exhibited

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of The Colonies and Early Republic, 17 July - 13 September 1971.

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Lot Essay

Simeon Soumaine (1675-1750) was born in London to French parents, and emigrated to New York around 1690. As a freeman, Soumaine worked alongside contemporaries Peter Van Dyck and Charles Le Roux, and was master to Elias Pelletreau. Another tankard with similar form, shaped beak, and scroll thumbpiece by Soumaine is in the collection of the Wintertheur Museum (Acc. No. 1963.0524).

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