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The Glyn tankard
Large drum-shaped tankard, standing on three cast feet in the form of a crouching lion resting its fore paws on a domed bun, cylindrical body with a ribbed moulding at the base and at about one fifth of its height, shallow domed cover with flat top and a crouching lion thumbpiece similar to the feet, cast S scroll handle formed as a dolphin with reverted tail. The front is engraved within a wreath of ostrich plumes with the arms of Wynne, ermine, a saltire gules, a crescent for difference, impaling Mostyn, per bend sinister ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51112
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of NACF, 1993
Purchased with support from The National Art Collections Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 20
Length
(cm): 19
Width
(cm): 17.8
Height
(in): 7
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 7
Weight
(troy): 42
Weight
(gr): 1326.6
volume:2 3/4 pints
Techniques
hand-forged
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
In store
Categories
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