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Tankard

1673-1674 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Tankard of silver, engraved with a lady's arms, Eyre impaling Pakington. Plain with a flat lid and double knobbed thumbpiece. The front of the body is engraved with foliage enclosing a lozenge shaped shield of arms.


Object details

Categories
Drinking
Metalwork
Object type
Tankard
Materials and techniques
Silver, raised and engraved
Silver
Raising
Engraving
Brief description
London hallmarks for 1673-4, mark of OS (unidentified)
Physical description
Tankard of silver, engraved with a lady's arms, Eyre impaling Pakington. Plain with a flat lid and double knobbed thumbpiece. The front of the body is engraved with foliage enclosing a lozenge shaped shield of arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5in
  • Of base diameter: 5.25in
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1673-4
  • Marks: OS with a trefoil and three pellets within a plain shield (Unidentified)
  • Engraved with a coat of arms, Eyre impaling Pakington: Per pale. 1 Ona chevron, three quatrefoils. 2 Per chevron, in chief three mullets, in base as many garbs (tinctures not indicated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by the Rev. J. E. Stacye
Historical context
This tankard is said to have belonged to Mrs Eyre, daughter of Lady Pakington (d.1679), the reputed author of The Whole Duty of Man.
Subjects depicted
Escutcheons (Coats of Arms)
Foliage
Shield
Associated object
REPRO.CIRC.1909-82 (Reproduction)
Bibliographic references
  • V&A Catalogue 1920. No.60., pp. 18., pl. 27. Watts Old English Silver, 1924, pl.54a
  • Dictionary of National Biography
  • Wooton's English Baronetage, Vol.1. p.399
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
905-1905

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
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