Gold Boxes, Silver and Ceramics
Gold Boxes, Silver and Ceramics
An electrogilt copper electrotype tankard , Elkington, Mason & Co. of Birmingham, circa 1860
Auction Closed
November 10, 04:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An electrogilt copper electrotype tankard
Elkington, Mason & Co. of Birmingham
circa 1860
after a 17th century ivory tankard with silver mounts, representing the drunken Silenius, scroll handle and baby Bacchus finial, the underside inscribed 'From the original ivory in the possession of Henry Bedford Esqr, executed by Elkington Mason & Co.'
29cm., 11in. high
A silver-gilt mounted ivory tankard carved with the same version of the Silenius story and with the same mounts, but a different finial, is in the Victoria & Albert museum accession number 880-1882, from the bequest of John Jones made in 1882.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O164186/bacchic-figures-and-silenus-tankard-unknown/