About This Artwork

Jeremiah Dummer
American, 1645-1718

Tankard, c. 1705

Silver
15 x 10.16 x 17.78 cm (6 x 4 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Handle engraved in Roman capitals:"B / IE"
Maker's mark on lid and on body in Roman capitals: "ID" in a heart with a star below
Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Hutchinson Fund, 1985.780

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report, 1985–1986 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1986), p. 20, fig. 6.

Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 54-56, no. 6.

Ownership History

Firestone and Parson Jewelers, Ritz–Carlton Hotel, Boston, by 1985; sold to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.