The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Tankard

c. 1730–1740
fabricated by

Ephraim Cobb

(American, 1708–1775/77)
America, Massachusetts, Plymouth, 18th century
silver
Overall: 18.8 cm (7 3/8 in.); with handle: 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in.); without handle: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Gift of Hollis French 1940.173
Location: Not on view
  • Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142 Mentioned: p. 133 www.jstor.org
    Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. mentioned & reproduced P 27 library.clevelandart.org
  • 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
  • {{cite web|title=Tankard|url=false|author=Ephraim Cobb|year=c. 1730–1740|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.173