A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD WITH LATER WILLIAM AND MARY COVER
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A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD WITH LATER WILLIAM AND MARY COVER

UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK OF AN ESCALLOP WITH A MULLET ABOVE, LONDON, 1665, THE COVER MARK OF JOHN JACKSON, LONDON, 1692

Fermé16 December 2008

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A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD WITH LATER WILLIAM AND MARY COVER
UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK OF AN ESCALLOP WITH A MULLET ABOVE, LONDON, 1665, THE COVER MARK OF JOHN JACKSON, LONDON, 1692
The tapering sides descending to a ribbed border around the base, engraved to front with armorial within a ribbon-tied wreath, the handle prick-dot engraved with the date 1666 above the initials HG all below a scroll motif, the bifurcated chair-back thumbpiece pierced with a heart motif
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
35 oz. (1085 gr.)

Note du spécialiste

The arms are those of Brocking of Suffolk impaling probably Litton.

For the first maker's mark, see C.J. Jackson, English Goldsmiths and their Marks, p. 129.