CIRCA 1650 AND LATER

Details

An English engine-turned lignum vitae 'York' tankard
Circa 1650 and later
The cover with later acorn finial, the sides with bands of fluted and basket weave ornament, on later associated bun feet
5¼in. (13.5cm.) high; 6½in. (16.5cm.) long from rim to back of handle

Provenance

Heathcote Ball & Co Auctions, Leicestershire. Levi Collection no.589.

Literature

Jonathan Levi, Treen for the Table, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1998. Page 42, pl.

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Lot Essay

See foot note lot 161.

A similar example formed part of the W.J. Shepherd Collection, Sothebys London, 30th November 1983, lot 561.

A comparable example sold Sotheby's London, Age of Oak and Walnut sale, 14th September 2005, lot 112.

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