Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 16th April 2019

Lot 557

A Queen Anne provincial silver tankard

Estimate £2,500 - £3,000 | Hammer £2500

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Description

A Queen Anne provincial silver tankard,

by Thomas Snowden, Newcastle 1706,

tapering circular form, the flat hinged cover with a scroll thumb-piece, the scroll handle scratch initialled 'W*C' over '1708', the front with an armorial and inscribed 'John Buston 1717', on a slight spread circular foot, height 17.2cm, approx. weight 22oz.