AN ELECTROTYPE SILVER PLATED TANKARD, applied underneath base with plaque, centrally engraved H B each in oval, and 357, the border engraved FROM THE ORIGINAL IN IVORY IN THE POSSESSION OF HENRY C. G. BEDFORD ESQ., slightly flattened cylindrical, applied with high relief scene of the celebration of the feast of Bacchus, with scroll handle, thumbpiece to the molded raised hinged cover topped by amorino, the cover and short foot decorated with fruited grapevine, foot applied with vacant band--11½in. (63.7cm.) high | Christie's

Lot 119

119

AN ELECTROTYPE SILVER PLATED TANKARD, applied underneath base with plaque, centrally engraved H B each in oval, and 357, the border engraved FROM THE ORIGINAL IN IVORY IN THE POSSESSION OF HENRY C. G. BEDFORD ESQ., slightly flattened cylindrical, applied with high relief scene of the celebration of the feast of Bacchus, with scroll handle, thumbpiece to the molded raised hinged cover topped by amorino, the cover and short foot decorated with fruited grapevine, foot applied with vacant band--11½in. (63.7cm.) high

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AN ELECTROTYPE SILVER PLATED TANKARD, applied underneath base with plaque, centrally engraved H B each in oval, and 357, the border engraved FROM THE ORIGINAL IN IVORY IN THE POSSESSION OF HENRY C. G. BEDFORD ESQ., slightly flattened cylindrical, applied with high relief scene of the celebration of the feast of Bacchus, with scroll handle, thumbpiece to the molded raised hinged cover topped by amorino, the cover and short foot decorated with fruited grapevine, foot applied with vacant band--11½in. (63.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

CF:, The Silversmiths of Birmingham, and their Marks: 1750-1980, p. 154, Fig. 151, for an example maker's mark of Elkington & Co.,

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