AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF ADRIAN BANCKER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Tapering cylindrical, with molded foot rim, the hinged flat-domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle engraved with block initials IV above a rat tail and with a cast cherub's head lower terminal, marked on either side of the handle AB in a circle
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
39 oz. 12 dwt. (1,232 gr.)
AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF ADRIAN BANCKER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
Tapering cylindrical, with molded foot rim, the hinged flat-domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle engraved with block initials IV above a rat tail and with a cast cherub's head lower terminal, marked on either side of the handle AB in a circle
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
39 oz. 12 dwt. (1,232 gr.)
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