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Tankard
Martin, Charles
(Silversmith)
Tankard, silver, standing on an applied moulded foot ring, the raised body with a slightly convex base and tapering straight sides with an applied moulded band round its lower part, applied moulded lip, hollow (raised and seamed) S-scroll handle with shield-shaped heel and attached to the body with an oval plate, stepped domed cover with applied cast scrolled thumbpiece pinned to cast lambrequin-shaped hinged section mounted on the handle; the front engraved with the arms of Roydenhall within a lozenge (to signify a widow) and in an elaborate 'laub- und bandelwerk' cartouche incorporating a scallop shell and a mask.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51356
Creation/Production
working c1727-d.1744
Role: Production
Role: Silversmith
Place: London, England
Period: 1732-1733
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.8
Width
(cm): 18.2
diam(cm) foot:13.1
diam(cm)
Height
(in): 7
Width
(in): 7
diam(in) foot:5 1/8
diam(in)
Weight
(gr): 803.8
Techniques
Raised
Forming
Applied Art
Cast
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Soldered
Forming
Applied Art
Material
Silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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