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LONDON, 1689, MAKER'S MARK IA IN MONGRAM
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A WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER TANKARD
LONDON, 1689, MAKER'S MARK IA IN MONGRAM
Tapering circular and with a spread base, engraved with a coat-of-arms within plumes and above an inscription, the hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys thumbpiece, with a scroll handle, marked near handle, on cover and handle
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
22.7 oz. (705 gr.)
The inscription reads: 'Ex dono Georgij Dodington de Civitat Wellen in Com Somerset Ar. in usum Sociorum Scissorum ejusdem Civit Ano: Dni 1690', which translated reads 'The gift of George Dodington of the City of Wells for the use of the Tailors' Guild of the same city'.
The arms are those of Dodington, possibly for George Dodington (1646-1698) of Lincoln's Inn, London and Wells, co. Somerset, whose death is marked by a tomb stone set in the floor of Wells Cathedral. However it is most likely to be for George Doddington (circa 1662-1720), of Dodington, co. Somerset and Eastbury, co. Dorset. Dodington had made a fortune by 1688 as the owner of four merchant ships. It is siginificant to note that in 1690 he secured the contact to provide clothing for 21 regiments in Ireland, the year the gift of the tankard was made. He made a further fortune as an agent to the navy, a role which was much scrutinised in a parlimentary inquiry in 1699. He sat on the board of the East India Company and served as an M.P. for either Winchelsea or Bridgewater from 1705 until his death.
LONDON, 1689, MAKER'S MARK IA IN MONGRAM
Tapering circular and with a spread base, engraved with a coat-of-arms within plumes and above an inscription, the hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys thumbpiece, with a scroll handle, marked near handle, on cover and handle
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
22.7 oz. (705 gr.)
The inscription reads: 'Ex dono Georgij Dodington de Civitat Wellen in Com Somerset Ar. in usum Sociorum Scissorum ejusdem Civit Ano: Dni 1690', which translated reads 'The gift of George Dodington of the City of Wells for the use of the Tailors' Guild of the same city'.
The arms are those of Dodington, possibly for George Dodington (1646-1698) of Lincoln's Inn, London and Wells, co. Somerset, whose death is marked by a tomb stone set in the floor of Wells Cathedral. However it is most likely to be for George Doddington (circa 1662-1720), of Dodington, co. Somerset and Eastbury, co. Dorset. Dodington had made a fortune by 1688 as the owner of four merchant ships. It is siginificant to note that in 1690 he secured the contact to provide clothing for 21 regiments in Ireland, the year the gift of the tankard was made. He made a further fortune as an agent to the navy, a role which was much scrutinised in a parlimentary inquiry in 1699. He sat on the board of the East India Company and served as an M.P. for either Winchelsea or Bridgewater from 1705 until his death.
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