Russian Silver Enamel Tankard, St Petersburg, 1891
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Russian silver and enamel tankard, of baluster form, with angled c-scroll handles, decorated with flowers and foliage, above a spreading foot, with beaded border, in tones of green, blue, yellow and white, with gilt interior, impressed St Petersburg, 1891, Ovchinkov, marks to foot, total weight 200gm, height 9.3 cm. Provenance: Argentum silver and jewellery, double bay, Australia, item 119, 1997 Vol 3, then private collection
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- Tankard - A tankard is a drinking vessel for beer, ale, and cider, similar in shape to a large mug, and usually with a hinged lid. Silver tankards were in use in Britain and other parts of Europe from at least the sixteenth century, pewter tankards probably from the thirteenth. In the 19th century a number of ornately carved ivory tankards were produced, but these were designed to demonstrate the skill of the carver, rather than for day to day use. The shapes of tankards vary, sometimes globular, sometimes a tapering concave. For those with lids, the lid usually includes a thumbpiece that the drinker can hold down to keep the lid open. Variation in the design of the thumbpiece include wedge, ball and wedge, ball, hammer head, bud and wedge, double volute (scroll), chair-back, ball and bar, shell, double acorn, corkscrew, and ram's horn.
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