Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 55*
An engraved glass tankard and a William IV coin tankard, circa 1770 and 1837
20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£500 - £800
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An engraved glass tankard and a William IV coin tankard, circa 1770 and 1837
Of traditional bell shape with borders of fine spun glass thread, the engraved tankard with grooved scroll handle and fluted base, inscribed 'S*BISHOP' within tied flowering branches, on a short plain stem and spreading foot, 13.8cm high, the coin tankard with an applied triple-grooved scroll handle and a spiral fluted base, the stem with a shallow hollow knop containing a William IV silver fourpence or groat of 1836, on a plain conical foot, 14.5cm high (2)
Footnotes
William IV silver groats were only minted in 1836 and 1837. For a discussion of related tankards containing coins dated between 1731 and 1751, see Dwight Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), p.97.
