Two-Handled Cup Maker: Andrew Tyler (American, 1692–1741)

ca. 1725–40

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (7 × 12.1 cm)
other (Lip): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
base: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1380

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
R.T. Haines Halsey (1865–1942), New York, NY, before 1929; purchased by Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, NY, 1929–30; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), 943
  • 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. 1, pp. 94–95, no. 106
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

cups

Marks

"AT" crowned, cat (?) below, in shaped shield (at lip to right of handle and on bottom).

Inscriptions

"MDA" (formerly "AE"), engraved on bottom; "WIS / to / TH" on front.

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