A German tapering circular lidded tankard on ball feet and with a scroll handle, crimped rim and trefoil thumb-piece, the body decorated with three oval bust portraits divided by lions' masks, fruit and foliage, the cover decorated with a lion rampant surrounded by beading and a broader frieze of fruit and foliage on a textured ground - 5¾in., 12.25oz.

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A German tapering circular lidded tankard on ball feet and with a scroll handle, crimped rim and trefoil thumb-piece, the body decorated with three oval bust portraits divided by lions' masks, fruit and foliage, the cover decorated with a lion rampant surrounded by beading and a broader frieze of fruit and foliage on a textured ground - 5¾in., 12.25oz.

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