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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD, DESCENDED FROM COMMODORE BARRY
Lot 67 Property from a Descendant of Thomas Fortune Ryan

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD, DESCENDED FROM COMMODORE BARRY

MARK OF JOHN AITKIN, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1785

Closed21 May 2014

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD, DESCENDED FROM COMMODORE BARRY
MARK OF JOHN AITKIN, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1785
Of heavy weight, tapering cylindrical, with reeded bands, the cover with concentric reeded bands, and crenelated lip, the handle with pierced thumbpiece with initial B, marked twice under base
6¾ in. (16.9 cm.) high; 53 oz. (1,648 gr.)

Commodore John Barry (1745-1803), thence by descent to
Sarah Barry, widow
Patrick Hayes, nephew
P. Barry Hayes, son
Elizabeth Barry Hepburn, daughter, sold
American Art Association, 21 Janaury 1939, lot 70

Specialist note

John Barry, along with John Paul Jones, is credited as the father of the American Navy. Barry served as an officer in Continental Navy, and after the Revolution became the first commissioned officer in 1797, with the rank of Commodore.