Tankard
John Burt
(American, 1692/93–1745/46)
1725–30
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Credit LineGift of the Misses Rose and Elizabeth Townsend
Accession number56.673
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
ProvenanceBuhler entry: Original owner unknown; William and Frances Mackay in 1775; probably Tristram Barnard, executor of Frances Mackay's will; his niece Frances Barnard, m. 1831 Thomas Carter Smith; their daughter Frances Barnard (b. 1832) m. thomas Townsend (1826-1880); their daughter Frances Barnard Townsend III (b. 1855), aunt of the donors.
