Silver tankard

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0451
• Dates of Creation:1889
• Physical Description:
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• Scope and Content

  Silver tankard with cover. Signed: "London hallmarks for 1799/1800 on body and 1811/12" on cover. Base engraved "Sorley Glasgow". Engraved: "Presented to Francis Henry Newbery with a purse of sovereigns on the occasion of his marriage, by members of the Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy, September 1889". Tankard presented to Newbery with matching salver (NMC/452).

• Acquisition Information

  Francis Newbery; Mary Newbery Sturrock; on her death presented to GSA by her nephew Fred Lang, 1985.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Engraved silver
  Dimensions: 176 x 113 x 113 mm

• Custodial History

  Exhibited: Bridport, Bridport Museum; 2008.

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Metalwork (visual works)

• Personal Names

  Newbery, Francis Henry