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Lot 61

A Charles II silver lidded tankard
Thomas Cooper, London 1680

1 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,096 inc. premium

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A Charles II silver lidded tankard

Thomas Cooper, London 1680
Slightly tapering cylindrical form with applied moulded rim and moulded skirted foot, the front engraved shield armorial and crest, of two lion gambs proper respecting supporting a human heart gules,
the flat cover with shallow curve and stepped platform, cast scroll thumb piece, scroll handle terminating with a vacant cartouche, height 19cm, weight 32.6oz.

Footnotes

The maker's mark for Thomas Cooper is TC fish / dolphin above, see David M Mitchell, Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2017), pages 514 - 515.

These are the unusually presented arms of Martin WILLIS (1650-1694) of Whiston and Halsnead, Lancashire and his wife Ellen DANIEL (born 1660). They were married in 1681 at Wigan, Lancashire.

Martin WILLIS was the son and heir of Thomas WILLIS (1627-1694) of Whiston and later (from 1684) of Halsnead Park and Hall, Lancashire by his wife Elizabeth MARTIN (born 1625) daughter of Edward MARTIN of Drogheda, Ireland. Martin would have inherited the estate at Halsnead and other long term holdings at Whiston but he pre-deceased his father. Fortunately, Martin had two sons: Daniel (died 1693) and Thomas (died 1727).

Ellen DANIEL is believed to have been born at Halsnead and it is suggested the name refers to the DANYELL or D'ANYERS family name. The family arms are expected to refer to the DANIEL family of Over Tabley and Daresbury, Cheshire from which Ellen is expected to descend. The family are of Norman origin.

Although the WILLIS and DANIEL arms are identified in the armorial, it is expected that the other arms (sinister chief) are possibly intended to represent the armorial holding of the MARTIN family.

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