Tankard

1705–22

John Coney
American, 1655–1722
Boston

Status: On View, Gallery 166
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: John Coney
Title: Tankard
Place: Boston (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1705–1722
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Roman capitals in a shield with crown above and coney below on bottom and left of handle: "IC" Roman capitals in rectangle on center outer front bezel of cover: "IC" Engraved on handle: "G / R*H"
Dimensions: 20.3 × 12.1 × 18.4 cm (8 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1954.131
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Meyric R. Rogers, “American Decorative Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago,” The Magazine Antiques LXXIV, 1 (July 1958), p. 55 (ill.).
David A. Hanks, “American Silver at The Art Institute of Chicago,” The Magazine Antiques 98, 3 (Sept. 1970), p. 419, ill.

Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society: The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat. 173, p. 146 (ill.).

Unknown source; sold to Aims Chamberlain Coney (b. 1888), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, about 1943; sold to the Art Institute 1954.

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