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Collection Highlights

Coach
ca. 1770
1911.25
Wood, iron, paint
Used By: Beekman Family

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Tankard

Tankard
Object name 
Tankard
Date 
ca. 1793
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Daniel Van Voorhis
Medium 
Silver
Description 
Owned by New York merchant Robert Lenox (1759-1839), this stately tankard is among the few tankards made after the Revolutionary War, and one of the only known Neoclassical New York examples extant.
Credit Line 
New-York Historical Society, Bequest of Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.
Object Number 
1950.256
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.