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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
Lot 409 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN AND BOWEN BLAIR, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JACOB TEN EYCK, ALBANY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725

Closed19 January 2024

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JACOB TEN EYCK, ALBANY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725
Slightly tapered cylindrical with molded base band, the flat-domed cover with shaped and engraved beak and corkscrew thumbpiece, the scroll handle with band of beading and engraved with block monogram L / PC, cast cherub terminal, marked ITE in an oval both sides of upper handle terminal and cover, underside with scratch weight 37 3⁄4, and scratched with conjoined initials WL
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
36 oz. 6 dwt. (1,129 gr.)

Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and his wife Catherine Van Brugh Livingston (1689-1756).
With The Francis P. and Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.
With James Graham Inc., New York, 1952, sold to,
The duPont Collection ("The Younger").
With Tillou Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, November 1962.

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Philip Livingston (1686-1749) was born in Albany, New York, the fourth son of Robert Livingston (1654-1728) and Alida Schuyler (1656-1727). Livingston began his mercantile career working for his father in 1707, and later with one of the his Schuyler uncles on his mother's side, before creating a trading empire of his own. Livingston married Catherine van Brugh in 1708, and they lived in Livingston Manor in Albany, with Livingston succeeding his father as second lord of the manor following his death in 1728.
Jacob Ten Eyck (1705-1793) was born in Albany, New York, the son of silversmith Koenraet Ten Eyck. Ten Eyck moved to New York City in 1719 where he was apprenticed to Charles Le Roux for seven years before returning to Albany to work with his father. Beyond his work as a silversmith, Ten Eyck served as a constable and firemaster before being elected to the Albany city council in 1734, and eventually serving as Mayor of Albany from 1748 to 1750.