A William and Mary flat lidded and wriggle decorated tankard

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A William and Mary flat lidded and wriggle decorated tankard
the body and cover with tulip motifs and foliage, the thumbpiece modelled with doves, on a domed foot, the interior base with touch mark GF, probably Garard Ford of Wigan, circa 1690 -- 5¾in. (14.6cm.) high, to top of thumbpiece
See Colour Plate.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Howard Herschel Cotterell, Old Pewter its Makers and Marks, Charles E. Tuttle Co, Inc., Japan 1963. Similar examples illustrated plate LXX, figs A & B.

Peter Hornsby, Pewter of the Western World, 1600-1850, Schiffer, Pennsylvania 1983. Page 34, examples illustrated plates 874 & 875.

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