• Centuries of Style: Silver, Eu auction at Christies

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    Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

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    • A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD
    Lot 320

    A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD

    YORK, 1683, MAKER'S MARK IO, POSSIBLY FOR JOHN OLIVER

    Price realised

    GBP 8,750

    Estimate

    GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

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    A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD
    YORK, 1683, MAKER'S MARK IO, POSSIBLY FOR JOHN OLIVER
    Tapering cylindrical, the flat hinged cover with a scroll thumbpiece, later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked near handle, on cover and on handle
    6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
    21 oz. 10 dwt. (669 gr.)
    The arms are those of Preston.

    Provenance

    The Late Sir Charles Clore; Christie's, London, 28 November 1985, lot 46.

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