Tankard, 1763, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (21 x 18.4 cm); 29 oz. 9 oz. (915.2 g), Silver, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Early American tankards, used for drinking beer or ale, survive in some quantity. Eighteenth-century Boston examples feature a tall tapered body, applied midband, and domed cover with finial. An inscription engraved on the handle of this tankard documents its presentation from the Salem sea captain and merchant Richard Derby to his son John on New Year’s Day 1763
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Tankard, 1763, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall, 8 1/4 x 7 1/4, 21 18.4 cm, 29 oz, 9, 915.2 g, Benjamin Burt, 1729–1805, Early American, tankards, drinking beer, ale, survive, quantity, Eighteenth-century Boston, examples, feature, tall tapered, body, applied midband, domed cover, finial, inscription engraved, handle, tankard documents, presentation, Salem sea, captain, merchant Richard, Derby, son John, New Year, Day
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