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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Lot 79

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1735

Closed21 April 2016

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1735
Of tapered cylindrical form, applied with a midband, the domed cover with turned finial, the handle with scroll thumbpiece, the handle engraved S/RS, the front compass-engraved with a circle enclosing the presentation inscription The Gift of Mrs. Susanna Sharp to the Church in Brookline 1770, marked on cover and near rim with Kane mark B and with scratch weight 26=8=0
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high; 25 oz. (789 gr.)

Specialist note

The donor, Susanna Sharp (1690-1770), was the daughter of Benjamin and Susanna (née Cogswell) White of Brookline. Her husband, Captain Robert Sharp, bequeathed the tankard to her in his will dated 1 April 1763; it reads "I also give her... my Silver Tankard to be hers forever." Subsequently Susanna's will, dated 13 January 1768, records her gift, "My silver tankard after my Deceas I Give to the Church of Christ in Brookline." The Sharp family papers are preserved in the Brookline Public Library.