Object Number 1955.0048.028

Object Name

Tankard

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

John Will (Maker)
1707-1766
Father of Henry, Philip and William. John Will emigrated from Nieuwied, Germany in 1752 at age 56 and became a freeman of New York in 1759. In addition to his occupation as a pewterer, he also sold glass wares and spirits in his shop (see Laughlin, vol.2, p.13 for the transcript of an advertisement for his shop). For more on John Will's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), pp.180-182; 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 Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.3, pp.101-103.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1766

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Interior, base ; Figure or animal stamped in an oval with a beaded edge mostly effaced.
2. Mark; Interior, base; Figure or animal stamped in an oval with a beaded edge mostly effaced.
3. Mark; Lid, center top; "I / IL" stamped incuse in Roman capitals.
4. Inscription; Exterior of body, above rib, left of handle; "J / J L / 22 March /1766" engraved in script letters.
5. Inscription; Exterior of body, left of handle, below molding ; "J M" engraved in script letters.
6. Inscription; Interior, underside of lid ; "MyRON SLATER 1876" crudely scratched in capitals.
7. Inscription; Interior, underside of lid; "SHE[?]" crudely scratched in capitals.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

7.087 (H) , 7.677 (W) , 5.079 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18 (H) , 19.5 (W) , 12.9 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 6-24, pp. 123-124