AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD

AN AMERICAN SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JOHN BAYLY SR., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1770
Baluster form on a stepped circular foot, the front engraved with a rococo cartouche enclosing a lion rampant, with a crest above and motto Clario Hinc Honos, the stepped domed cover with openwork scrolled thumbpiece, the double scroll handle with oval terminal, marked on underside I pellett Bayly incuse, and engraved with weight 37 oz, further marked IB in an oval left of upper handle terminal
8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.) high
36 oz. 8 dwt. (1,132 gr.)

Provenance
Possibly William Buchanan (1748 - 1824).