An Elers redware tankard with pewter mounts circa 1695

of cylidrical form with three bands of ribbed turning enclosing two panels applied with flowering branches, a wyvern and dancing figure,  (handle glued, pewter cover with section cut out to receive spoon)

the handle broken and glued, some losses to flowering branches, pewter cover with section cut out to receive spoon
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For a tankard of similar form and with similar sprigged motifs see Jonathan Horne, Exhibition Catalogue 2004, page 20, 04/18.