George II style silver tankard
George II style silver tankard
6852
Good quality sterling silver recreation of a George II lidded tankard of baluster (bellied) form with a central girdle.
A tankard is modelled on a beer mug and features a hinged lid. A mug is a cylindrical drinking cup with a handle but no lid. A tankard is a lidded drinking vessel. Although it seems strange now to drink out of a lidded vessel this was the norm until the second half of the 18th century. Perhaps this was because ceilings were not plastered underneath, so without a lid you stood the risk of having dirt, straw and spiders dropping into your ale.
Dimensions:
1898
London
Excellent
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