Lot 2016
  • 2016

A Charles II silver tankard, maker's mark EL (Jackson, 1989, p. 123), London, 1680

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on body, cover, and handle
  • silver
  • height 6 1/2 in.
  • 16.5 cm
the body embossed and chased with palm and acanthus below acanthus band, matching cover with central rosette, double-dolphin thumbpiece and wide shield handle terminal, 

Literature

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 14.

Condition

repair to handle near hinge, shaped lip pushed down slightly, a few minor dings throughout and one minor dent to base rim, splitting at the top rim of the cover, a spout added and later removed
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