Objects
Tankard
Alcohol
Consumption
Gifting
Pewter lidded tankard, evidently used as an heirloom as has a succession of family names inscribed on its body.
[Inscriptions and markings taken from catalogue]
Inscription: Engraved on the drum: William Lawrence 1711 / Daniel Lawrence 1747 / John Lawrence 1783 / Betsey Lawrence Harrington 1814 / Noyes G. Harrington 1848 / Charles B. Harrington 1879
Marking: [1] initials WB surmounted by a closed crown (partly effaced)
[2] four "hallmarks" (illegible)
[3] "X"
Location of marks:
[1]–[3] on drum, punched
All marks unidentified
Creator
W B
[Not specified]
Pewterer (Inferred)
Production
Dates of Production: from c. 1700
to c. 1725
England
Consumer
William Lawrence
male
Consumption
1711
1747
Materials
Metal- pewter
Museological Details
Tankard
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1977.273
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