Object Description
An excellent quality antique silver tankard of plain, coopered design having an attractive pierced thumb piece and bands of concentric lines around the body. The lid has an unusual hinge mechanism. To the front is a hand engraved monogram. Good gauge metal and sturdy construction.
Contains 1450 ml.
Weight 913g, 29.3 troy oz.
Height 15cm, 5.9ins (18.5cm to top of thumb piece). Diameter of top 9.5cm, base 11.25cm. London 1774.
Maker William Holmes.
Sterling silver.
Marks. Stamped on the body below the rim and underneath the lid with a full set of English silver hallmarks. The silver marks are clear and easy to read.
Maker: William Holmes
William Holmes, London silversmith, free of the Lorimers’ Company (no date as the records were destroyed in 1940) and apparently working by about 1762. Holmes recorded as working in partnership with David Whyte from 1768-90. His 1st documented mark as plateworker, in partnership with Nicholas Dumee was entered in 1773. 2nd mark alone 1776. 3rd mark 1792. JS Denwall was apprenticed to him in 1790 and his own son John Gwyn Holmes in 1780.
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