Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 91
A Charles II silver tankard maker's mark WH conjoined, see Jackson's p.130, London 1668
5 April 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,875 inc. premium
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A Charles II silver tankard
maker's mark WH conjoined, see Jackson's p.130, London 1668
Of plain slightly tapering form with moulded borders, the flat and slightly domed hinged cover with bifurcated scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle engraved with initials 'B*G' over 'K', terminating with a vacant cartouche, the front engraved with arms, height 17.6cm, weight 31.8oz.
Of plain slightly tapering form with moulded borders, the flat and slightly domed hinged cover with bifurcated scroll thumbpiece, the scroll handle engraved with initials 'B*G' over 'K', terminating with a vacant cartouche, the front engraved with arms, height 17.6cm, weight 31.8oz.
Footnotes
Engraved with a lozenge for the arms of a spinster of the family of BIRTWESILL of Huncothall, Lancashire. Recorded at the William Dugdale's Visitation of the County of Lancaster in 1664.
Later recorded as BYRTWYSELL of Amcote Hall, Lancs.
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