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Presentation Tankard
Presentation Tankard

Presentation Tankard

MakerMade by Tiffany & Company American, founded 1837
Original OwnerOriginally owned by Charles Cyprian Strong I American, 1819 - 1907
Date1887
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Alna S. Mathers
Object number2004.112.1
NotesHistorical Note: Charles C. Strong I (1819-1907) was one of the oldest members of the First Company, Connecticut Governor's Foot Guard, which he joined at the opening of the Civil War in 1861. He was the Treasurer of the Foot Guard for over forty years, and he was also Paymaster. This tankard commemorates 25 years of active service as Paymaster.
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Portable Desk
Tiffany & Company
1869
Gift of Philip H. Hammerslough, 1962.69.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2006 The Connecticu…
John Potwine
1725-1740, engraving added late nineteenth or early twentieth century
Bequest of Joseph T. Hall, 1982.68.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2006 The Connecticut His…
Governor Joseph Talcott
about 1740, spout and some engraving added in the 1890s
Museum purchase, 1985.100.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical S…
Pygan Adams
about 1735-1765
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schiro and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1980.73.2, Connecticut Hi…
Beatrice Fox
7 July 1947
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2012.312.222.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical So…
Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham
1841
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2012.312.222.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical So…
Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham
1841
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2012.312.222.3  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical So…
Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham
1841