A George III Old Sheffield Silver Plate tankard, Sheffield circa 1770 by Tudor and Leader

Tapering cylindrical form upon a spreading cavetto foot, central applied girdle. The C scroll handle with heart shaped terminal, the double domed lid raised by a pressed acanthus scroll thumbpiece with moulded and shaped hinge. The front with contemporaneous engraved initials JL in flourished cursive script, decoratively encircled, the handle also engraved with initials JBM in cursive script. Wooden inset underside lined with baize. Marked with pseudo marks to side of handle, vertical seam to back.

Height – 19.3 cm / 7.6 inches

A contemporaneous drawing of a tankard of this exact same form is illustrated in Bradbury, F., Old Sheffield Plate, (1912), page 346

A similar tankard marked for times for Tudor and Leader sold Bonham’s, San Francisco, 7 May 2006, Lot 6491 (part-lot)

A silver version of this form of tankard marked for 1774 by Tudor and Leader, sold Bonham’s Leeds, 16 March 2004 Lot 394