Tankards & Mugs

1826
Paul Storr
8501 George III Silver Mug by Paul Storr
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A handsome antique sterling silver mug on a pedestal foot. Fantastic quality as you’d expect by this prestigious English master silversmith. Plain styling with a semi ribbed body and the trademark serpent handle popularly used by this famous maker. Original gilding to the interior. Good gauge silver. Contains 125 ml. Weight 212 grams, 6.8 troy ounces. Height 9.5 (to top of handle). Diameter of top 7.5 cms. Spread 10 cms. London 1826. Maker Paul Storr.
1829
S Roberts & Co
8433 Georgian Silver Tankard
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A very decorative flat top lidded tankard with excellent embossed decoration of flowers, leaves and scrolls in deep relief. With straight sides and a pretty pierced thumb piece. Contains 1100 ml. Weight 818 grams, 26.3 troy ounces. Height 17 cms (top of thumb piece). Diameter inside top 11.6 cms. Sheffield 1829. Maker S Roberts & Co.
1830
Thomas Edwards
8864 Antique Silver Christening Mug
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A very pretty antique sterling silver mug with a deep relief flower and leaf decoration around the body and shaped handle. Original interior gilding (faded). Hand engraved to the front is a monogram in old fashioned script. Contains 240 ml. Weight 201 grams, 6.4 troy ounces. Height 11 cms. Diameter 8.7 cms. London 1839. Maker Thomas Edwards.
1840

9238 Antique Irish Silver Christening Mug
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A very pretty antique sterling silver mug with a deep relief foliate decoration around the lower body. Uninscribed. Contains 200 ml. Weight 145 grams, 4.6 troy ounces. Height 10.8 cm. Spread 10.7 cm. Diameter 7.9 cm. Dublin 1840. Maker I.N not attributed.
1840
Edward Barton
6918 Antique Silver Mug with Hare Coursing
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Of sporting interest. An antique silver tankard with an all round embossed country scene with greyhounds chasing a hare. Gilt interior. Weight 226 grams, 7.2 troy ounces. Height 14 cms. Contains 350 ml. London 1840. Maker Edward Barton.
Circa 1857
Allan & Hayes
9609 Antique Indian Silver Mug
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Of colonial interest. An excellent quality large silver tankard with all over grape vine decoration. Very large and heavy. Original bright gilt interior. Applied cast silver foot and handle with bark detail. To the front is an inscription in old fashioned script. Contains 900 ml. Weight 819 grams, 26.3 troy ounces. Height 14.5 cm. Diameter of top 10 cm. Spread across handle 15.5 cm. Circa 1857. Stamped underneath with the maker Allan & Hayes – colonial silversmiths working in Calcutta, India during the mid 19^th century.
1858
Hunt & Roskell
9500 Antique Silver Hunting Jug
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Of sporting interest. A Victorian sterling silver flagon with hinged lid and scroll handle. The body has a deep relief hunting scene with horses and riders hunting to hounds. The lid has a dog finial. Gilt interior. Contains 1400 ml. Weight 1039 grams. Height 26.5cm. Spread 21.5cm. London 1858. Maker Hunt & Roskell, late Storr & Mortimer.
1859
Joseph & Albert Savory
6510 Victorian Silver Christening Mug
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A very pretty antique sterling silver mug with a cast decorative foot. Lovely deep chased decoration of flowers, scrolls and leaves. Weight 140 grams, 4.5 troy ounces. Height 8 cms. Diameter 7.5 cms. Contains 200 ml. London 1859. Maker A B Savory & Sons.
Circa 1870
Leeching
9811 Antique Chinese Silver Mug
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A fantastic little silver christening mug with the original bright gilt interior. The body is applied with charming scenes of Chinese figures going about their daily life. The handle is shaped in the form of a dragon. To the front is a shield with the name “Joyce”. Contains 170 ml. Weight 149 grams, 4.7 troy ounces. Height 9.2cm/10cm. Diameter of top 5.4cm. Stamped underneath with Chinese silver marks for Leeching, Canton, Hong Kong & Shanghai. Circa 1870.
1875
Elkington
7089 Victorian Silver Christening Mug by Elkington
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A delightful antique sterling silver mug with embossed decoration of children and putti. Fantastic quality, even the handle is in the form of a putti, and there are face masks around the base. To the front is an ornamental cartouche (uninscribed). Original interior gilding. No detail has been spared in the manufacture and the mug even has a double skin so that the embossed detail is hidden on the inside. Weight 341 grams, 10.9 troy ounces. Height 9.50 cms. Diameter 8 cms. Birmingham 1875. Maker Frederick Elkington.
1875
Joseph Angell
8116 Antique Silver Christening Mug
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An excellent quality antique sterling silver mug with a stylistic vine leaf decoration around the body and acanthus leaf handle. Heavy cast silver. Uninscribed. Original interior gilding. Contains 200 ml. Weight 229 grams, 7.3 troy ounces. Height 10.25 cms. Diameter 8.3 cms. London 1821. Maker Joseph Angell.
1888
Thomas Johnson
9402 Antique Silver Coin Tankard
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A rare antique sterling silver coin tankard with Chinese coins and an interesting inscription from (most likely) the exclusive little Bowling Club No. 49 Nanking Road, Shanghai. Contains 760 ml. Weight 622 grams, 20 troy ounces. Height 19.3 cm (to thumbpiece). Diameter 9.8 cm. Spread 16.6 cm. London 1888. Maker Thomas Johnson.
1890
Hubert Schiffer
7471 Antique Silver and "Raeren" Stoneware Jug
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An antique English amphora jug or vase in the manner of Jan Emens Mennicken, German, 1540–1593, the body with decorative armorial medallions dated 1588 and 1594, the 3 handles dated 1590. With a sterling silver foot and collar and a detachable silver lid. This jug was in the collection of Sir Charles Jackson, the author of the esteemed book on English silver hallmarks. Height 38 cms. Spread across handles 18 cms. Diameter of base 12 cms. Makers mark only – “IM” over a billet and pellet. The silver marks are recorded in Jacksons for 1594 however the vase is a later copy circa 1890 by Hubert Schiffer. Schiffer ran a small workshop in Raeren specialising in copies of renaissance originals. Examples of his work are rare and were often damaged on purpose to make them look ‘authentic’. There is a similar vase in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (see accompanying documentation).

Literature: Sir Charles Jackson: ‘An Illustrated History of English Plate’, published 1911, vol. II, page 781, figure 1015, where the author compares the makers mark to that on the communion flagon at Westwell.

Provenance: Sir Charles Jackson.
William Randolph Hurst sold Sotheby & Co. London, 22nd June 1939 ‘The Property of William Randolph Hurst, Esq’, lot 72.

Museum of Fine Arts in Boston http://educators.mfa.org/node/306110
1909
D & M Davis
8563 Antique Silver Lidded Tankard
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A good early 20th century sterling silver tankard with domed lid and baluster form. Good weight and size. Excellent plain style. Uninscribed. Good colour. Contains 1220 ml. Weight 988 grams, 31.7 troy ounces. Height 21.5 cms (to top of thumb piece). Spread 19 cms. Diameter 11.2 cms (top), 12.3 cms (base). London 1909. Maker D & M Davis.