Tankard

Cary Dunn

ca. 1770 · Silver · The American Wing

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.

Artist

Cary Dunn

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Silver

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Miss Marie L. Tillotson, 1913