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Description: | Complete post medieval pewter tankard with monogram decoration and decorative handle AD.1700-1900. The tankard is complete but has been damaged through the apeture being distorted via crushing. The body of the tankard has been decorated with a monogram that is made up of MHC that are very stylised with foliate terminals and spirals. The handle is made up of two scrolls that meet, with the upper larger scroll being decorated with a leaf like design. The lower scroll is much smaller and is attached to the body of the tankard via a small knop.The Vessel is a slightly tapering cylinder with cast decorative bands that run around the circumference. There is a rim for the base, then moving up the vessel, there is a band 12.76mm wide, then another thin ring, then another band 18.29mm wide with a ring before the rest of the tankard vessel continues to the rim uninterrupted.The whole vessel is a dark oily golden green in colour, possibly indicating that it is a tin pewter. See LON-ED27C6 for a parallel.Diameter at base: 78.26mm, Height: 88.04mm, Width of compressed apeture: 50.30mm, Length of Handle: 78.61mm, Width of handle top:16.64mm, Width of Handle bottom, 10.98mm, Weight of Vessel: 294g,
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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