Lot Essay
The coat-of-arms and crest found on this tankard are for the Foster family.
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MARK OF EDWARD WINSLOW, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF EDWARD WINSLOW, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche and surmounted by a crest, the stepped-domed cover with baluster-form finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle applied with baluster drop and oval terminal, the handle further engraved with block initials B / M*A, marked to left of handle (Kane mark A) and on hinge of cover (Kane mark C)
7 1⁄2 in. (19 cm.) high
24 oz. 14 dwt. (768 gr.)
MARK OF EDWARD WINSLOW, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche and surmounted by a crest, the stepped-domed cover with baluster-form finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle applied with baluster drop and oval terminal, the handle further engraved with block initials B / M*A, marked to left of handle (Kane mark A) and on hinge of cover (Kane mark C)
7 1⁄2 in. (19 cm.) high
24 oz. 14 dwt. (768 gr.)
Provenance
The Property of a Descendant; Christie's, New York, 19 September 1981, lot 88.
Literature
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, Boston, 1998, p. 982.