English Brown Stoneware tankard with silver rim c1700 with impressed excise mark WR under crown.

Ref: 8357 Category:

£1650

Dated: 1700 England

English brown stoneware tankard the top dipped in an iron wash. An impressed seal excise mark by the handle features a crown over the letter WR for William Rex. The scallop-shaped engraved silver rim of the tankard is stamped in Gothic letters three times with the initials TB.

Dimensions: 6.5 inches high

Current Condition: Stable hairlines

Provenance: Retains the paper label of the Hines Collection.

Literature: A Catalogue of English Stoneware from the 17th and 18th centuries. Compiled by Jonathan Horne published 1985. English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900 by Oswald, Hildyard and Hughes published by Faber and Faber 1982

£1650    $2227

Description

English brown stoneware tankard the top dipped in an iron wash. An impressed seal excise mark by the handle features a crown over the letter WR for William Rex. The scallop-shaped engraved silver rim of the tankard is stamped in Gothic letters three times with the initials TB.

Additional information

Dimensions 6.5 in