A GEORGE III SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1815
Cylindrical, with corded and anthemion borders, corded handle and shell thumbpiece, the hinged cover with detachable foliage ornament, engraved with coat-of-arms, the cover with crest, marked near rim and inside cover
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
42 oz. 13 dwt. (1,327 gr.)
The arms are probably those of Willes impaling Lacon, for Capt. George Wickens Willes R.N. (1786-1847) and his wife Anne Elizabeth (1790-1871), daughter of Sir Edmund Lacon 1st Bt. (1750-1820), whom he married in 1814.
A GEORGE III SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1815
Cylindrical, with corded and anthemion borders, corded handle and shell thumbpiece, the hinged cover with detachable foliage ornament, engraved with coat-of-arms, the cover with crest, marked near rim and inside cover
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
42 oz. 13 dwt. (1,327 gr.)
The arms are probably those of Willes impaling Lacon, for Capt. George Wickens Willes R.N. (1786-1847) and his wife Anne Elizabeth (1790-1871), daughter of Sir Edmund Lacon 1st Bt. (1750-1820), whom he married in 1814.
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