LONDON, 1695, MAKER'S MARK D SCRIPT (JACKSON, REV. ED., P. 139, LINE 1)
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A WILLIAM III SILVER PEG TANKARD
LONDON, 1695, MAKER'S MARK D SCRIPT (JACKSON, REV. ED., P. 139, LINE 1)
Cylindrical, with reeded foot, the cover with crenelated lip and reeded border, the handle with scroll thumbpiece, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within baroque strapwork and mantling, the interior set with six pegs, the base engraved, Ter felices amplius quos innexa tenet copula a.d. Kal Mart: iii MDCCCXCV and with mirror cypher, the name Thomas Myles Sandys, May 12, 1899 engraved below, marked on cover, body and handle
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high; 30 oz. (933 gr.)
Lot Essay
The arms are those of Master of Langdon, Kent, almost certainly for one of two men named Streynsham Master (1640-1724) or (1681-1724).