A Queen Anne Provincial Silver Large Tankard, John Elston, Exeter, 1706

Skinner, Boston, 8 April 2006, lot 529

The arms are those of Clifford, originally granted to Roger de Clifford, 4th Lord Clifford (1168?-1232) and could relate to the Clifford family who have lived at Ugbrooke, Devon, since 1604.

For a further Elston tankard (marked Exeter, 1709) with the same fluted cover see Sotheby's, London, 18 July 1974, lot 48.