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The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt: a fine and large Queen Anne lidded quart tankard, hallmarked George Garthorne, London, 1711, with cast lion thumb piece,

Hammer Price:
£12,000
Estimated Price:

£12,000 - £15,000

The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt: a fine and large Queen Anne lidded quart tankard, hallmarked George Garthorne, London, 1711, with cast lion thumb piece, the body chased and embossed with a foxhound standing by a fence and trees with a fox's mask in his mouth, the hound's body engraved with a B and underneath a paw a scroll with the hound's name engraved FURRIER, the opposite side of the body with an embossed fox mask and laurel leaf cartouche with the inscription TO WILLIAM BAKER BY THE GENTLEMEN HUNTING WITH THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT FOR PRESERVING FOXES, 1835, the lid inscribed with the motto ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY, height 24cm., 9 1/2in., weight 1,222gr., 39oz. 6dwt.