Lot 563
  • 563

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD, JOHN BAYLY, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1775

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • base marked I.BAYLY incuse. IB in rounded rectangle left of handle on body.
  • height 7 7/8 in.
  • 20 cm
tankard of baluster form with scroll handle, shield terminal; the whole fitted with a hinged domed cover having an openwork thumbpiece and ring foot, engraved with a cypher on front CSM for Christopher and Sarah Marshall, engraved on handle terminal PM for Patience Marshall (granddaughter).

Provenance

Jonathan Trace, February 1987

Exhibited

Seattle Art Museum, 1991-96
Philadelphia Antique Show, April 11-17, 1996

Condition

good condition, nice form, crisp engraving, rare to have examples of both marks on one piece
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