8 ½” tall; 32 ozs.
Baluster Tankard with a cast applied mid-band, cast shell thumb piece, and a cast, applied heraldic terminal at the end of the “S” scroll handle. Engraved with the contemporary Coat-of-Arms of the “LATHAM” Family above the mid-band along with the contemporary initials of “SL” for “DR. SAMUEL LATHAM” of Cows Neck Long Island below the mid-band. Marked “A.UNDERHILL” “N-YORK” twice on the base.

Reference: “Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland” published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London and New York; Volume I, p. 281 and Volume II, plate 123, crest 11.

Note: Dr. Samuel Latham was the grandson of Joseph Latham, a Quaker, who owned Plandome Mill and acreage purchased from William Nicoll in 1718 on Long Island. Dr. Samuel Latham was a physician during the American Revolution; he also financed his nephew’s medical education at the University of Edinburg.

Geneology: Dr. Samuel Latham to his nephew Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchell (1764-1831) (married Catherine Akerly Cock) to his nephew Singleton Mitchell (1774-1861) (married Catherine Onderdonk) to his son Singleton Latham Mitchell (married Addie Bremner) to his nephew Singleton Burdett Mitchell (1883-1938) (married Sarah Howard Wright) to his son Warren Latham Mitchell (b.1921) (married Edith Mae Miller) to his daughter Susan Burdett Mitchell (b.1945) (married Peter Howard McDermott) to her daughter Susan Burdett Mitchell McDermott who sold this Tankard