Lot 406
  • 406

GEORGE III SILVER TANKARD, WILLIAM COLLINGS, LONDON, 1775

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • Height 7 1/2 in.
Handle engraved with initials T/G*E, base applied with a silver plaque inscribed In Memoriam George V. Leverett, marked on body and cover.

Provenance

George Gebelein, Boston;
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 5, lot 124.

Condition

work to body above girdle- ?engraving removed, heart terminal with small split, base with four later pins in base rim, cover with dent to rim, a few dings
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