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A LONDON DELFT DATED ARMORIAL BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
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A LONDON DELFT DATED ARMORIAL BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD

1697

Closed4 June 2013

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A LONDON DELFT DATED ARMORIAL BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
1697
Of tapering cylindrical form, moulded with two bands and applied with a scroll handle, painted with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Weavers below the initials H T·A and the date 1697, the reverse with chinoiserie figures in landscape vignettes, flowering branches, birds in flight and scrolls, the handle painted with flowerheads and scrolls (very minor chipping to glaze)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

E.E. Simmons.

Specialist note

The Worshipful Company of Weavers is the oldest recorded livery company and is mentioned in the Pipe Roll of 1130 and was granted its first charter from Henry II in 1155. The use of a peer's helm above the arms is unusual in that it was normally considered unsuitable for use within a Corporation's arms. Only four City Companies out of a total of 83 used the peer's helmet in their arms, the first three without authority; its use here draws a distinction for the bearer of the shield.