Live Auction 22325Important Americana
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Lot 380 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN AND BOWEN BLAIR, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF BENJAMIN BURT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1780

Closed19 January 2024

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF BENJAMIN BURT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1780
Tapering cylindrical with molded base band and mid-rib, the high stepped domed cover with writhen finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and oval disc terminal, engraved with block monogram F / N*D, marked left of upper handle terminal Benjamin Burt in a cartouche (Kane mark A)
9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
28 oz. 8 dwt. (883 gr.)

Fox family, Portland, Maine.
With Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 7 May 1963.