AN EARLY AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD | JOHN BURT, BOSTON | CIRCA 1730
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May 21, 04:15 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
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AN EARLY AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
circa 1730
of tapering cylindrical form with molded rims, applied midband, the stepped domed cover with bell-shaped finial, the “S” shaped handle with a scroll thumbpiece, the lower terminal with cast grotesque mask, the front engraved with a coat of arms within a scrolling foliate cartouche, engraved on handle B / IE, marked twice near rim
John Burt, Boston
Silver
height 8 in.
22 oz 10 dwt
Christie’s New York, January 15-16, 1999, lot 87
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 256.
John Burt, a native-born Bostonian, was among the city's most prominent early silversmiths, founding a legacy continued by his son Benjamin as far as the early 19th century.