
Fergus Gambon
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The shape is the earliest English delftware tankard form, derived from a sixteenth century continental metal prototype, as evidenced by the band between neck and body in the same place as would be found on a silver or pewter vessels. See Louis L Lipski, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.156. Lipski records that no dated tankards are recorded in the period 1647-58. The nearest in date and shape is an example in the British Museum dated 1644 and shown at p.160, no.722.