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Tankard: AAL.53-2009

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Leeke, Ralph (Possibly)

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Description

The slightly tapered body plain and straight-sided, with a moulded foot rim. The simple scroll handle with a twin ball thumb piece; the hinged slightly domed cover with a simple peak, and double lobed thumb-piece.
Engraved on base with "The Gift of Mrs Mary Pyke unto William & Ann Smirk April the 28 1708 * in a circle. Also engraved "This is for Salenato (? illegible)", and initials "S" above "*W * A*".
Maker's mark only struck four times each on body and cover.

Legal notes

Lent by Jonathan Gray of The Bill Gray Collection

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14 cm
Height: 17.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Commonwealth
17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1650

Components of the work

Foot Rim

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: almost a person at work in shield

  • Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: in circle

  • Text: "The Gift of Mrs Mary Pyke unto William & Ann Smirk April the 28 1708 *
  • Location: Base
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: "This is for Salenato (? illegible)", and initials "S" above "*W * A*".
  • Location: Base
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.53-2009
Primary reference Number: 184568

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 20 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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