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Lot 55

Pewter tankard by John Will

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Starting Bid
$2,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $20,000
$500,000 $50,000

John Will (New York City 1752-1766), pewter quart tankard, marked upper body at double "C" handle, 7 1/2" h. This form is typical of High Georgian style made in America. Illustrated: Wolf-73A; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter, pp. 181, 183, figs. 44, 45; Philipee Boucaud, Les Etans, fig. 282; Ledlie Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol. III, plate LXXXV, fig. 715; Ledlie Laughlin, The Pewterers of Eighteenth-Century New York, Antique, October 1970, p. 625, fig. 4; reprinted in American and British Pewter, John Carl Thomas, editor, p. 84, fig. 4; Charles V. Swain, Three flagons attributed to John Will, Antique, May 1972, p. 855, figs. 4,5; Donald L. Fennimore, Silver & Pewter, 1984, entry 294. Provenance: Charles Swain Collection, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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