Tumbler

Unknown

ca. 1691 · Silver · The American Wing

This broad-lipped tumbler, with its lovely engraved cartouche and scrolled acanthus-leaf ornament, was made for Samuel (1669–1698) and Adriantje Bayard (b. 1667) Verplanck, probably on the occasion of their marriage in 1691. The couple’s intertwined reverse cipher, “SAVP” is engraved on one side within the scroll and leaf cartouche, and their initials, “P” over “S V A”, are engraved in shaded roman lettering on the underside. Although unmarked, this vessel was likely made by a silversmith working in either New York or Albany.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1691

Medium

Silver

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Bayard Rodgers Verplanck, 1953