Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 159
opularity asa drinking vessel in the beer drinkingcountries of Northern Europe during the sixteenth, seven-teenth and eight-eenth centuries.Its unsuitabihtyfor a wine vesselwas against itsadoption amongthe Latin nationsof Europe. Theearliest form of thetankard was globu-lar, usually… … Tankards 129 given to Governor John WInthrops father in1607 by his sister Lady Mildmay. It cameinto the possession of the American AntiquarianSociety of Worcester in 1825, upon the death ofWilHam Winthrop, the seventh proprietor indirect lineal descent, who also gave a tankard,made by Josiah Austin…
Silverwork -- United States
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