Property from the Collection of Roy J. Zuckerberg
An American Silver Tankard, John Bayly Sr., the engraving possibly by James Smither, Philadelphia, circa 1770
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pear form with stepped molded foot, matching domed cover and hoop thumbpiece, finely engraved with a large-scale rococo cartouche enclosing arms, multiple scroll handle with oval terminal, marked left of handle IB in oval, marked center of Base I.BAYLY incuse and engraved 37 oz
36 oz 5 dwt
1125.8 g
height 8 ½ in.
21.6 cm
William Buchanan (1748 - 1824), Baltimore, and by descent until sold
Christie's, New York, 21 January 2022, lot 287.
The crest, motto, and coat-of-arms found on this tankard are those of Buchanan, almost certainly for William Buchanan (1748 - 1824) of Baltimore, Maryland, in whose family it descended. The son of Dr. George Buchanan, William married firstly in 1772 Margaret Hill Dorsey, and then secondly Hepzibah Brown. For a bookplate for William Buchanan with these same arms, see C. K. Bolton, Bolton's American Armory, Baltimore, 1927, p. 25.
The large scale and accomplished handling of the engraved arms and cartouche speak to the hand of a master. James Smither was probably the most talented engraver in Philadelphia in the early 1770s, see note to the following lot.
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