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Samuel Vernon
Description
Maker
- Samuel Vernon, 1683-1737, American
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This unusually large tankard bears lengthy inscriptions indicating its significance as an heirloom of the Ellery family of Newport beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing through the twentieth century:
“This tankard / was bequeathed a.d. 1743 / by Benjamin Ellery of Newport, r.i. / to his son Wm. Ellery, the father of William Ellery, / one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence / and the grandfather of Wm. Ellery / the father of Elizabeth D. Sedgwick / William Ellery Sedgwick, Sept. 6th, 1862 / Robert Sedgwick, April 16th, 1873 / Henry Renwick Sedgewick, February 13th, 1922.”
It bears the Ellery coat of arms on the lid and the Sedgwick coat of arms on the opposite side. Later owners added a spout to the front, requiring the flat lid to be bent upward.
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Bequest of Mr. Henry Renwick Sedgwick