Tankard

Maker: Myer Myers (American, 1723–1795)

ca. 1755

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
other (Lip): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
base: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1021

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Crichton Bros., New York, NY; Francis P. Garvan, New York, NY.
Bibliography
  • David L. Barquist, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 80–81, no. 2, ill
  • Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 124, 126–27, no. 133, ill
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, pp. 96–97, no. 654, ill
  • Exhibition of Works in Silver and Gold by Myer Myers: A Checklist of Objects Exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, exh. cat. (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1954), no. 160
  • Jeanette W. Rosenbaum, Myer Myers, Goldsmith, 1723–1795 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1954), 132
  • Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures, and Silver, assembled by Washington Loan Exhibition Committee, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1925), 90, no. 170
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

tankard

Marks

"MM" in cartouche at lip each side of handle

Inscriptions

"JEH" cypher, in scalloped circle, engraved on cover

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