The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tankard

Date:: 1740–50
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 5/8 x 7 5/16 in. (16.8 x 18.6 cm); 27 oz. 8 dwt. (852.9 g) Lip: Diam. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) Base: Diam. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of Annie Clarkson, 1927
Accession Number:: 27.85.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 774

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on cover in interlaced script reverse cipher: AWA engraved on body in interlaced script reverse cipher: AWA (below a coronet) scratched on underside: 28 1/2

Marking: marked twice on underside: IH / [trefoil] (in heart-shaped surround)
Provenance

David Clarkson Jr. (1726–1782); through family decent; his great-great-great-granddaughter, Annie Clarkson (1856–1929); gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927.
See also
Who
John Hastier (2)
What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

Drinking vessels (6,032)

Tankards (307)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

New York (2,785)

New York City (1,835)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.