The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mug

Date:: ca. 1700
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, Albany, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 3 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (9.2 x 13.3 cm); 7 oz. 17 dwt. (244.7 g) Lip: Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm) Base: Diam. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of Annie Clarkson, 1927
Accession Number:: 27.85.9

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 704

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body in interlaced script (reverse cipher): JES engraved on handle: S / I(with cross bar) [pellet] E

Marking: marked on underside: K TE(conjoined) (in rectangle)
Provenance

Johannes Schuyler (1668–1747) and Elizabeth Staats Wendell Schuyler (ca. 1659–1737), Albany, New York; by descent to Annie Clarkson (1856–1929); gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927.
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