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A ROSE-VERTE ARMORIAL TANKARD
CIRCA 1722
Enamelled on one side with the arms of Trevor impaling Weldon, the other sides with various Scholar's utensils, double-gourd vessels and pomegranates amidst flower sprays
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The first Baron Trevor of Bromham became Solicitor General, Attorney General, and in 1702 Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, before being created Baron in 1711. He was later Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council and died in 1730. In 1704 he married his cousin Anne Weldon of St. Lawrence Jewry, London.

An identical tankard was sold Christie's London, 7 April 1997, lot 1, after having been in the collections of the Rt. Hon. Lord Stafford, J.J. Howard, and F.A. Crisp.

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