A magnificent pair of Victorian silver-gilt sideboard tankards
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By C F Hancock London 1874
in the manner of Edward Farrell inspired by 17th Century German originals, richly cast and chased, with bodies and hinged covers decorated in relief with equestrian battles scenes between Romans and Barbarians, entwined satyr figure handles, gilt interiors, the base rims stamped HANCOCKS' & Co. 39, BRUTON St. LONDON T103
325oz
17 3/4 inches tall (45cm)
e8147/3438
Provenance:
Henry Stapleton, 9th Baron Beaumont (1848-1892)
J. M. Robinson, 'Carlton and the Stapletons: The History of a Recusant Family', The Connoisseur, Vol. 202, Septemebr 1979, p.19
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