Tankard, ca. 1750-1760

Mark:
M M, capitals in a shield, placed on either side of the handle slightly erased <br/>
Engraved:
B B <br/>
Exhibited:
Early American Silver from the Collection of Cornelius C. Moore; The Rhode Island Historical Society; Providence, Rhode Island; January 1961; no. 7. The Point Association of Newport; Newport, Rhode Island; July 21, 1962; no. 7. Newton College of the Sacred Heart; Newton, Massachusetts; March 10, 1963; no. 55. Salve Regina College; Newport, Rhode Island; May 17, 1964; no. 55. St. Julia's Women's Club; Weston, Massachusetts; May 25, 1966; no. 11. <br/>
Dimensions:
H. 6 3/4" D. of top 4 1/2" D. of bottom 5 9/16" 32.395 ozt. <br/> This flat-top tankard is very similar to the Myer Myers tankard in the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection (Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. [New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970], vol. II: Middle Colonies and the South, p. 97, fig. 654). Both have slightly tapering sides with a moulded baseband and a dentiled flared lip. The scroll handle on both includes a scroll thumbpiece and hinge-shaped drop. The plain knob ending differs from the oval disk terminal on the Garvan tankard. Another difference on the Moore tankard is the B B cypher on the lid which is enclosed in a circle of dashes and cross-hatching. The M M mark seems to be an erased version of the mark on the Myers tankard in the Garvan Collection.