Tankard
Daniel Henchman, American, 1730 - 1775
1760-1770
Silver
Overall: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Lid: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Rim: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Audrey S. and J. Dudley Richards, Class of 1939, in memory of his grandfather, William F. Furman, Class of 1880; his uncle, Walter F. Furman, Class of 1908; and his father, Joseph F. Richards, Class of 1912
M.987.51
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked on bottom: Henchman [in rectangle]; engraved on handle: ND [flourish between]; scratched on bottom: 2.[?] 13
Exhibition History
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1991-1994.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1994-1997.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 1988.
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 41.
The Rococo Style in New England Silver, Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13, 2012.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 41.
Eleanor H. Gustafson, Museum Accessions, The Magazine Antiques, p. 600, March 1988.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 538-542, 1998.
Provenance
Frank Leighton Harrington, Sr.; Louise Cronin Harrington 11/05/1987
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