Tankard

Benjamin Burt American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Early American tankards, used for drinking beer or ale, survive in some quantity. Eighteenth-century Boston examples feature a tall tapered body, applied midband, and domed cover with finial. An inscription engraved on the handle of this tankard documents its presentation from the Salem sea captain and merchant Richard Derby to his son John on New Year’s Day 1763.

Tankard, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American

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Tankard, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American
Tankard, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American
Tankard, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American
Tankard, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American

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