The tapering cylindrical vessel has an applied molded wire at the midsection, and above the heavy molded foot rim, an applied scalloped border. The tankard is raised, and the base is inset with coarsely applied solder. The lip has an applied wire molding. The double-scrolled handle is formed of...
Inscription
AMORIALS: engraved on side, the arms of Thompson impaling Wimot. INSCRIPTIONS: engraved on handle, C / I * K, scrathced on underside, "8542".
Marks
To right of handle, maker's mark AB in a shaped shield (unrecorded)(repeated twice on top of rim and cover); date letter a (repeated on underside of rim of cover); harp crowned (repeated on underside of rim of cover)
Provenance
Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlote Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914). (Accession Date: February 12, 1942)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)
Irish (Dublin), 1717–18
- Marked by Abraham Barboult, active 1706–1751