John Martin Stockar
Tankard
1700-1701
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
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: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 1
