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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.
Inscription(s)Unidentified 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)Mark(s)Maker'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.