One-quart Tankard
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Pewter
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
- Possible place made: New York, New York, United States
- Possible place made: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
DATES
ca. 1770
DIMENSIONS
6 7/8 x 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (17.5 x 18.7 x 14 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on inside bottom of tankard in center: circular stamp with "[star] F.B [star]" within a roped ring.
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INSCRIPTIONS
Incised on underside of tankard: "N H / HxB"; upside down, lightly scratched initials in seemingly different hand, "DAD" and "PAT[?]" and possibly others.
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
61.51.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Bergen Glover
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pewter tankard with hinged lid. Cylindrical body is banded around foot and tapers as it rises to banded top edge. Attached handle in shape of truncated "S" with short tail end terminating in a ball; raided molding and drop below hinge. Flat-domed lid fits over mouth of tankard, has flat, projecting rim with crenate edge in section opposite handle. Lid hinged to top of handle by thumb piece with grooved, scrolled end.
CONDITION: Fair; badly tarnished, especially on handle; allover scratches, pitting, and spots of discoloration; bottom and top edges of tankard bent / misshapen in a couple of places; deep small notch in side of handle near center; hinge loose; white corrosion (?) around joins of thumb piece and handle.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Frederick Bassett (American, active 1761–1800). One-quart Tankard, ca. 1770. Pewter, 6 7/8 x 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (17.5 x 18.7 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Bergen Glover, 61.51.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 61.51.4.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 61.51.4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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