Object Description
Extremely rare. An unusual early English silver peg tankard, flat lidded, with a vertical row of six pegs inside. Good patina. Lovely plain design and beaten silver. To the front there is a contemporary family armorial within a large cartouche.
Contains 1,300 ml.
Weight 802 grams, 25.7 troy ounces.
Height 17cm (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 13.2cm (top), 13.2cm (base).
London 1683.
Maker Francis Singleton.
Sterling silver
Marks. Stamped on the body and lid with a full set of matching English silver hallmarks; the handle has the maker’s mark.
Arms. The arms commemorate the marriage of Robert Stephens (born 1660 died 25th July 1692), of Froxfield in the County of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Sagittary (born 1662 died 1732). Robert and Elizabeth were married at the Parish Church of All Saints, Froxfield aforesaid on the 27th April 1682. The Sagittary family were originally named ‘Schutze’ meaning ‘Archer’ or ‘Shooter’ and settled in England from Germany as Protestant refugees in the 1620’s. The Schutze/Sagittary family had been well positioned in society in Germany, Elizabeth’s grandfather, Frederick Schutze/Sagittary having served as the Treasurer to Frederick V, the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire and King of Bohemia until Frederick V’s overthrow in 1622.
Maker: Francis Singleton
Francis Singleton, London silversmith, apprenticed to Robert Stephens 1659, free 1668. Livery 1687. His son Joseph was apprenticed to him 1690. Mark entered as largeworker, probably 1697.
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