A MASSIVE PAIR OF GEORGE IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARDS, EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1824

the barrels chased and applied in relief with spirited equestrian battle scenes above spreading bases, similar hinged lids, each of the applied handles in the form of a satyr and two fauns, gilt interior, the replacement finials maker’s mark of Charles Frederick Hancock for Hancocks & Co, London, 1860s/70s, the base of one stamped: ‘C.F. HANCOCK 39 BRUTON St. LONDON’

Condition of both tankards and marks is good
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Tankards of this pattern were evidently in some demand from Hancock; several others, both gilt and white, have been recorded, including one of 1869 (Christie’s, New York, 14 April 1994, lot 295); a pair of 1874 (Sotheby’s Carlton Towers sale, London, 4 November 2009, lot 74); and another of 1883 (Christie’s, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 184). Two further tankards of this pattern are known, 1869 and 1884 (Christie’s, New York, 20 April 2001, lot 233); and another was used as the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot in 1883.

The protypes for these Hancock tankards were probably the pair in this lot, Edward Farrell, London, 1824, the original finials of which were replaced by Hancock in the 1860s or 1870s. It is also possible that these 1824 examples were originally in the possession of Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York (1763-1827), sold at Christie’s, London, on 20 March 1827, lots 98 and 99.