John Martin Stockar
Tankard
1699-1700
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John Martin Stockar
Tankard
1699-1700
Physical Qualities
Silver, Britannia standard; gilt lining, 7 7/8 x 8 in. (20 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore
Object Number
1980.94
Applied ornament, including a cast lion on the lid and cut embellishments to the handle, make this a particularly splendid tankard. Two hundred years after it was made, it became a handsome Christmas present, engraved “Fanny N. Egleston to Charles Lanier December 25th 1909.”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1980; from Dorothy McIlvain Scott, by purchase 1980; from Harris Auction Galleries, Inc., Baltimore; Mrs. Henry Walters, Baltimore; Hanes Warren Lane
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2022
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025
Walters catalogue #923.
Inscribed: Engraved on underside of bottom: "Fanny N. Egleston/to/Charles Lanier/December 25th 1909" and "1709" and scratched, "34:8" and "made in 1700"
Markings: on the underside of curl of handle tail: "Sf"
On View at the BMA
