American silver tankard, probably Thomas Milner, Boston, dated 1714
tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the scroll handle partly-fluted and with shield-form terminal, cover with shaped lip and later engraved Ellerton Pratt Whitney from HAW Aug 21 1870, scroll thumbpiece, base applied with a disc engraved New N.C. Octo 20 1714
marked on cover TM? in rectangle
height 6 3/4 in.
17 cm
22 oz 5 dwt
697 g
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New North Church, Boston, MA, 1714-1868, sold
Bigelow Kennard & Co., Boston
Henry Austin Whitney (1826-1889), Boston, MA
John Eliot, A Sermon, Delivered Before the Members of the New North Religious Society, "An Account of the Communion Plate Belonging to the New North Church. Taken November 6, 1775, by Dr. A. Eliot", Boston, 1804, p. 32