Tankard

Museum Object Number 1965.2752

Object Name

Tankard

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry Will (Maker)

Creator Notes

Son of John Will, Pewterer; brother of William and Philip. Married Magdalena Haan in 1761 and became a freeman of New York City in 1765. He moved to Albany in 1775 or 1776. In 1783, Henry purchased property from John Townsend at 3 Water Street, New York (Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.2, p.13-14). For Henry Will's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), pp.176-180; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), section 2, p.284; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.144; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.228. See also J.B. Kerfoot, Ameican Pewter (1942), p.80 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.3, pp.101-103.

Date of Birth

1735

Date of Death

1802

Place of Origin

Albany or New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin possibly New York City or Albany, New York (1775-1783) per previous cataloguer (2006).

Date

1761-1793

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Exterior, bottom of body; "AD [conjoined] W" engraved crudely with serifs.
2. Mark ; Interior, base, at center; "H·W" stamped between two horizontal lines in a rectangle with clipped corners. Partially effaced.
3. Mark ; Interior, base, at center; Seated figure of Britannia stamped in rectangle with clipped corners. Partially effaced.
4. Mark ; Interior, base, at center; Leopard's head stamped in rectangle with clipped corners. Partially effaced.
5. Mark; Interior, base, at center; Rampant lion stamped in rectangle with clipped corners.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

7.087 (H) , 7.283 (W) , 5 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18 (H) , 18.5 (W) , 12.7 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of base.

Object Description

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