Live Auction 2373Important English, Continental and American Silver
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Lot 220

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JACOB GERRITSE LANSING, ALBANY, CIRCA 1776

Closed19 May 2010

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JACOB GERRITSE LANSING, ALBANY, CIRCA 1776
Tapering cylindrical, the scroll handle with applied drop, the flat domed cover with crenellated lip and engraved with monogram HMTE within circular cartouche, the base scratched with conjoined TE, marked on either side of handle
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high; 36 oz. (1119 gr.)

Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, circa 1964

Specialist note

The monogram, HMTE, is that of Harmanus (b.c. 1747-1828) and Margarita Ten Eyck (1755-1834), and this tankard probably dates to 1776, when the couple married at the Dutch Church in Albany. Harmanus, a businessman with interests in real estate, was the son of Jacob H. Ten Eyck, a descendant of the Albany silversmithing family, and Anna Wendell. Margarita was the daughter of Hendrick Bleeker Jr. and Catharina Cuyler of Albany.