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Tankard

Cary Dunn American
ca. 1770
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 704
The interlaced script monogram, RLM, engraved in late rococo taste on the cover of this tankard is contemporary with the date of manufacture, but the heraldic crest and motto-- VIRTUS ET NATALE MEUM (Virtue is my Birthright)-- executed in bright-cut engraving on the body appear to have been added a generation later. The monogram likely refers to Judge Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret (1724-1800) Livingston. Both the tankard and a pair of accompanying beakers (see 13.197.2-.3) descended in the Livingston-Tillotson family.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tankard
  • Maker: Cary Dunn (active ca. 1765–96)
  • Date: ca. 1770
  • Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Silver
  • Dimensions: Overall: 7 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (18.9 x 20 cm); 34 oz. 8 dwt. (1070.2 g)
    Lip: Diam. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
    Base: Diam. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Miss Marie L. Tillotson, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.197.1
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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