The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tankard

Date:: ca. 1685
Geography:: New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 15/16 x 8 1/2 in. (17.6 x 21.6 cm); 29 oz. 17 dwt. (928.4 g) Base: Diam. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Lip: Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of Justine P. Trowbridge and Carolyn P. Pruyn, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.452

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 750

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body: [coat of arms and crest of the Eyre family] engraved on underside in shaded roman: E / I : K lightly scratched on underside: 9 / 7 / 3

Marking: marked on top of cover and on either side of handle: I [pellet] C / [fleur de lis] (in shaped surround) marked twice on underside: I [pellet] C / [fleur de lis] (in shaped surround) [one mark appears to be double struck]
Provenance

John and Katherine (Brattle) Eyre; by descent to? John Erving and Cornelia Patterson van Rensselaer Erving Pruyn; John V. L. Pruyn and Cornelia van Rensselaer Erving Pruyn; Erving Pruyn and Caroline Prentice Pruyn; Justine Pruyn Trowbridge and Carolyn P. Pruyn; gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986
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What
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