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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Lot 392 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN AND BOWEN BLAIR, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, CIRCA 1725

Closed19 January 2024

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, CIRCA 1725
Cylindrical with molded base band, the stepped domed cover with baluster finial and scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle with baluster drop and convex circular terminal, engraved with block initials C / PE, marked on cover and to left of handle IE below a crown in a shaped cartouche (Kane mark C), further with scratch weight 22=8
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
22 oz. 4 dwt (690 gr.)

Possibly the Coffin family, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
With Esther Ann Swett Drummond (b. 1820), Dedham, Massachusetts, to her daughter,
Frances Drummond (1846-1877), Auburn, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts, to her daughter,
Winifred Dole (1882-1978), wife of Horace Mann (1881-1961), Southwest Harbor, Maine.
With James Graham and Sons, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, July 1962.