A NORWEGIAN SILVER TANKARD, MAKER'S MARK EAS ONLY, POSSIBLY FOR ERLAND, LARVIK, CIRCA 1676-1700

A NORWEGIAN SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK EAS ONLY, POSSIBLY FOR ERLAND, LARVIK, CIRCA 1676-1700
Plain cylindrical on three pomegranate feet with foliage above, the hinged cover with large bud thumbpiece, engraved on body with a coat-of-arms and on cover with differing coats-of-arms within wreath, marked underneath
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
32 oz. 2 dwt. (999 gr.)
The later arms are those of Hawkins of Marsham, Berkshire impaling Rigby. The same arms of Hawkins appear of a pair of mid 18th century Chippendale style cabinets advertised by Partridge in The Apollo, 1976, vol. 19, p. 116.