Harvard Art Museums > 2016.207: The Benjamin Pickman Tankard Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Benjamin Pickman Tankard (Daniel Parker) , 2016.207,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 10, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/349334. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2016.207 People Daniel Parker, American (Charlestown, Massachusetts 1726 - 1785 Boston, Massachusetts) Title The Benjamin Pickman Tankard Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 1759 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/349334 Location Location Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850 View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 21.6 × 12.8 cm, 1.8 lb. (8 1/2 × 5 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: engraved: The Gift / of Bej.n Pickman Esq.r to the / First Church in Salem 1759. / Transferred to the / North Church / SALEM / 1772. maker's mark: on cover, punched: D [pellet] Parker [mark of Daniel Parker] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Benjamin Pickman, gift; to First Church, Salem, 1759, transferred; to North Church, Salem, 1772, transferred; to First Church, Salem, 1927, sold; [through Christie's, New York, January 18, 2007, lot 58]; to Daniel Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Daniel A. Pollack and Susan F. Pollack, Harvard Classes of 1960 and 1964 Accession Year 2016 Object Number 2016.207 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Tapering cylindrical form tankard. Applied middle band and molded foot. Domed cover with finial. Made in 1759 by Daniel Parker, this tankard is distinguished by its Rococo cartouche featuring the arms of the Pickman family. Publication History E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches, National Society of Colonial Dames of America (Letchworth, England, 1913), pp. 433-434 Charles Knowles Bolton, Bolton's American Armory, The F. W. Faxon Company (Boston, 1927), p. 131 Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers: A Biographical Dictionary based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow & John Marshall Phillips, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven, CT, 1998), p. 757 Early American Silver 1670-1820, Including the Darling Foundation Collection and Silver from the First Church in Salem, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, January 18, 2007), pp. 60-70, lot 58, repr. pp. 60-61 Laura Turner Igoe, "A Prize of Silver", Index Magazine, Harvard Art Museums ([e-journal], June 22, 2017), http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-prize-of-silver, repr. "Harvard Art Museums Receive Important Gift of American Silver", Artfixdaily Artwire ([e-journal], March 22, 2022), https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/6573-harvard-art-museums-receive-important-gift-of-american-silver, accessed March 24, 2022 Exhibition History 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 03/01/2025 Related Articles A Prize of Silver Laura Turner Igoe June 22, 2017 Related Works 2016.208 Jeremiah Dummer The Francis Skerry Beaker Vessels 2016.209 John Coney The Clarke/Cabott Tankard Vessels 2020.195 Daniel Parker Punch Strainer Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu