Keywords: tankard
Item 11257
Silver Tankard by Benjamin Burt, Boston, ca. 1760
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: York; Boston Media: Silver
Item 18371
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Location: Portland Media: Silver
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
