Lot 2069
  • 2069

A William III silver tankard, Francis Singleton, London, 1697

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on body, handle, and cover
  • silver
  • height 7 3/4 in.
  • 19.7 cm
the front engraved with arms within foliate sprays, flat-domed cover with slight peak, auricular thumbpiece, the handle engraved C*C / C*C 

Literature

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 15.

Condition

small dent to body near marks, minor creases and dings throughout, lower handle terminal pushed slightly into body, otherwise good
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