£1,500 - £1,800
An eighteenth-century George III silver tankard, of flared cylindrical form, the body with coopered bands, the hinged cover with feathered edge, and engraved coat of arms, identified for Butler of Kirkland, quartered with Fleetwood, the underside of the base with the inscription, "From the Legacy of Hugh Dobie, to Alexr Butler Esqre. He lived at Kirkland near Sixty Years and died there 16th of April 1775 in the Eighty Sixth Year of his Age", with a gilt interior, fully hallmarked to the body by the handle, and underside of the hinged cover, sponsor's mark of William Holmes & Nicholas Dumee, London 1774, height 20cm, weight 1,173g/37.71ozt approx
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