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Tankard: AAL.54-2009

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Skottowe, Timothy (Or)
Silversmith: Wright, Edward (Or)

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Description

Plain, slightly tapered with moulded foot rim, the flat domed cover with a simple peak and cast bifurcated thumbpiece. Simple scroll handle pricked with initials "K" above "A M" in foliate pricked engraving.

Legal notes

Lent by Jonathan Gray of The Bill Gray Collection

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.4 cm
Height: 13.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (2009) by Gray, Jonathan

Dating

Charles II
17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1670

Materials used in production

Silver

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Casting (process)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: "K" above "A M"
  • Location: Handle
  • Method of creation: Pricked
  • Type: Initials

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.54-2009
Primary reference Number: 184569
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 20 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tankard" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/184569 Accessed: 2024-11-08 16:11:57

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