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Spout cup

Andrew Tyler (American, 1692 or 1693–1741)
about 1720
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Silver
Credit Line Gift of Miss Gertrude Townsend
Accession Number37.568
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Catalogue Raisonné Buhler, 1972, No. 115
Marks Marked to right of handle "A T" in small, fat, somewhat crude letters, below a crown and over a device (fleur-de-lys?), all within a sheld shape that is rounded at top and bottom. Similar to that found on tankard 250.1.1981.
Also marked under base "A T" and same devices, but seemingly in an ellipse.
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; Isaac and Elizabeth /Storer) Smith, m. 1746; their son William, m. Hannah Carter, 1787; their son Thomas, m. Frances Barnard, 1831; their daughter Frances, m.Thomas Davis Townsend 1854; their son Charles Wendell, father of the donor.