Tankard Maker: Jonathan Clarke (American, 1705–1770)

1730–45

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
lip: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
base: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Scranton through Lady Gray

Accession Number

1930.367

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island, Made in Newport, Rhode Island

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Originally owned by John Walworth (d. 1748), Groton, Conn. and Sarah Dunn Walworth, Newport, R.I.; their daughter, Philena (Walworth) Minor, Groton, Conn.; her brother, Benjamin Walworth (d. 1812), possibly Hoosick, N.Y.; his son, John Walworth, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; his daughter, Mrs. Worthington (Walworth) Smith (d. 1898), St. Albans, Vt.; her son, Franklin Walworth Smith (d. 1910), St. Albans, Vt.; his cousin, Mrs. A. E. McIlvaine (d. 1927), England; her grandson, John Walworth Scranton (d. 1930); his widow, Mrs. John Scranton; gift in 1930 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • 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, p. 282, no. 470
  • Rhode Island Tercentenary Exhibition, exh. cat. (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1936), no. 90
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

tankard

Marks

"J. Clarke" in long oval on bottom

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