Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015
Lot 645
A Charles II silver tankard
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £5800
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Description
A Charles II silver tankard,
makers mark ID conjoined, London 1673,
tapering circular form, the flat hinged cover with a scroll thumb-piece, the front engraved with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, scroll handle, scratch initialled 'E*B', '14lb 1731', height 17cm, approx. weight 30oz.
For makers mark see: Jackson's, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collector's Club, 1989, page 492, where this mark is attributed to John Douthwaite of Newcastle.