Silver - 25th July 2007

Lot 588

Indian Colonial: a mid 19th century tankard

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

Indian Colonial: a mid 19th century tankard, of tapering form with a skirted base and two bands of incised reeding, the hinged cover with a flower finial, inscribed "Presented to Captain I F Atkinson in token of the sincere regard of some friends who accompanied him on his first voyage in command of the Blenheim January 1854", by Hamilton & Co, Calcutta c.1854, 7.4in (18.5cm) high, 23.5oz.