拍品專文
The distinctive scene of a putto riding a bacchic goat, which appears on this tankard, also features on two punch bowls by Cripps, 1752 (one offered Sotheby's, New York, 9 October 1985, lot 140, the other, sold Christie's, New York, 15 April 1997, lot 326) and on a cup and cover of 1755, also from Cripps's workshop. Cripps was part of the circle of goldsmiths around Paul de Lamerie and designs such as this exemplify Lamerie's influence on Cripps (see C. Hartop, The Huguenot Legacy, English Silver 1680-1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, 1996, p. 52). A cup and cover of 1742 in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, by de Lamerie also employs this scene.