Live Auction 21907Bayreuth: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes
A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD
Lot 190

A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD

LONDON, 1675, MAKER'S MARK II BETWEEN PELLETS IN HEART SHAPED CARTOUCHE, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN INNES

Closed7 July 2023

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A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD
LONDON, 1675, MAKER'S MARK II BETWEEN PELLETS IN HEART SHAPED CARTOUCHE, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN INNES
Plain cylindrical on a moulded foot, the lower body applied with plain band between two moulded ribs, the scroll handle with mid-rib, hinged flat-domed cover with lion sejant thumbpiece, engraved on body with a coat-of-arms flanked by crossed plumes, and on cover engraved with a crest and plumes, marked on body, cover and handle, also with scratchweight '38=15'
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) high
38 oz. 13 dwt. (1,203 gr.)
The arms and crest are those of Smith.

Humphrey Wood F.S.A (1838-1904) of Chatham, solicitor and collector,
The Executors of Humphrey Wood, Esq., deceased; Christie's, London, 19 July 1904, lot 57 (£147 to Crichton).
With Crichton Brothers, London.
Col. William Fearon Tipping (1847-1911), of Brasted Place, Brasted, Kent;
Colonel Tipping, deceased, late of Brasted Place, Brasted, Kent; Christie's, London, 15 May 1911, lot 38 (£232 to Mallet).
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 13 June 2000, lot 257 (cover lot).