Harvard Art Museums > 2016.209: The Clarke/Cabott 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 Clarke/Cabott Tankard (John Coney) , 2016.209,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/349945. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2016.209 People John Coney, American (Boston, MA 1655/56 - 1722 Boston, MA) Title The Clarke/Cabott Tankard Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 1690-1710 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/349945 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 × 14 cm, 2.1 lb. (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on side, engraved: The Gift of M.rs Eliz.th Cabott / To the North Church in Salem / 1784 maker's mark: side, by handle: IC / + [in a heart shaped punch] [mark of John Coney] maker's mark: cover, punched: IC / + [in a heart shaped punch] [mark of John Coney] maker's mark: bottom, punched: IC / + [in a heart shaped punch] [mark of John Coney] Provenance Recorded Ownership History William Clarke (d. 1710), by descent; to his nephew, William Clarke (d. circa 1723) and Hannah (Appleton) Clarke, by descent; to their daughter, Elizabeth Clarke (1716-1785) and Francis Cabott, gift; to North Church, Salem, 1784-1924, transferred; to First Church in Salem, 1924, sold [through Christie's, New York, January 18, 2007, lot 62]; 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 2016.209 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 with dolphin thumbpiece, cut card ornament, gadrooning, and deeply molded handle with cylindrical scroll. Raised dome and bud finial. Made around 1690 and presented to the church almost a century later, in 1784, this tankard exemplifies Boston’s late 17th-century Baroque style. The object is also distinguished by its fine engraving, which represents the arms of the Clarke family. Publication History E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches, National Society of Colonial Dames of America (Letchworth, England, 1913), p. 433 Hermann Frederick Clarke, John Coney, Silversmith, 1655-1722, Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston, 1932), cat. no. 101 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. 331 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.68-71, lot 62, repr. pp. 68-71 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 Works 2016.207 Daniel Parker The Benjamin Pickman Tankard Vessels 2016.208 Jeremiah Dummer The Francis Skerry Beaker 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