Tankard, 1700–1710, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. ( x cm); 38

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Tankard, 1700–1710, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. ( x cm); 38 oz. 17 dwt. ( g), Silver, Gerrit Onckelbag (baptized 1670–1732), In 1698, Giles Shelley (1664–1710), a New York City merchant and sea captain, sailed in command of the ship Nassau for Madagascar, a favorite haunt of Captain Kidd and his pirates. Shelley returned to New York with a vast amount of treasure but, suspected of complicity with Kidd, he was arrested on a charge of piracy

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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