Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 30th October 2012
Lot 1156
A George II silver tankard
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1450
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Description
A George II silver tankard,
by Thomas Whipham, London 1743,
baluster form, scroll handle, domed hinged cover with a pierced thumb-piece, central girdle, the front later embossed with a racing scene and inscribed 'This tankard, the gift of the gentleman of Mr Drake's Hunt to the friends of fox hunting within the limits of the hunt, was won at two heats by Mr Treadwell's b.g, Alchester at Cottisford 1836', height 20cm, approx. weight 29oz.
