Museum Collections

Wrought silver tankard; circular body with straight sides tapered from applied, molded, baseband to an applied, molded, flared lip; stepped, flat cover with serrated flange at the front; rings inscribed around the edge of the lid; corkscrewed trefoil thumbpiece and a should molded hinge-plate; plain, scroll handle tapering at the lower joint and flaring at the terminus; engraved with the arms of the Sturgis family on the front center, gild chevron between three crosslets, two in chief, on at point in a shield surrounded by gold and foliate scrolls, surmounted by a talbot's head and rope, engraved in a banner below, "ESSE QUAM VIDERI" in roman letters; maker's marks stamped on the lid and to the right of the handle.