Tankard, Quart

Date1730-1745

Artist/Maker William Eddon

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH: 7 1/8"; Diam (base): 5 1/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1950-790

DescriptionTankard, quart. Double domed lid with scroll thumb-piece. Tapered drum with everted and moulded lip with medium baud. Moulded foot. Hollow scroll handle with bud terminal.Label TextThis tankard and CWF accessions 1954-940 and 1954-942 are standard examples from the second quarter of the eighteenth century. Their scrolled handles are fitted with chair-back thumb pieces and ball terminals. They are the work of one of the principal London makers of those years, William Eddon or Eden. A specialist in hollowware, he produced many fine tankards and other drinking vessels over a long and productive career. He was also a major maker of export wares for the American market.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)Touch mark an hourglass with "W" to the left and "E" to the right within an outlined and beaded circle on interior center-bottom of base (Cotterell 1503). ProvenanceVendor: Dr. Percy E. Raymond, Lexington, Massachusetts.