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Tankard

Date1680-1683

OriginIreland, Dublin

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsOH: 7 1/4"; Diam (rim) 4 11/16"; Diam (base) 5 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1938-33

DescriptionFlat-topped, double-stepped cover with broad encircling flange with crenate lip opposite handle; scrolled thumbpiece soldered to cover and to upper hinge plate; flat hinge with face of lower hinge plate molded and edge scalloped; conventional wrought tankard handle of S-shaped outline and D-shaped section with a plain shield or boot-heel terminal; tapered cylindrical body with molding at rim and more complex series of moldings at base. Owners' initials “*N* / W*H" in block letters engraved on face of handle and "W*A" in block letters engraved on underside of base. Engraved crest of a right arm with armor bent at elbow upholding a spear on a wreath bar on face of body opposite handle.

Provenance: Sir Samuel Montagu (Lord Swaythling) (sold at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1924; purchased by Crichton Bros., London); William Randolph Hearst (sold by Parish-Watson & Co., New York, 1938); acquired by CWF 1938.

InscribedUnidentified crest engraved on face of body opposite handle. Owners' initials engraved on face of handle and on underside of base. (N/W H and W*A)
MarkingsMaker's mark "AF" in block letters with two pellets above and one below within a shaped shield, harp crowned, and date letter on exterior of cover and on face of body below rim to right of handle.
ProvenanceSir Samuel Montagu (Lord Swaythling) (sold at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1924 purchased by Crichton Bros., London).

William Randolph Hearst (sold by Parish-Watson & Co., New York, 1938).

Acquired by CWF in 1938.