Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 30th October 2012

Lot 1158

A George III silver tankard

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200

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Description

A George III silver tankard, by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London 1764, 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 1835', height 19.5cm, approx. weight 23oz.