The word “tankard” belongs to an earlier period than the seventeenth century. It is of widespread derivation. In old French it is tanquaerd, in old Dutch it is tankaerd, and in Irish it is tancaird. And no doubt all three races drank well from these vessels. In the sixteenth century Ben Jonson says:
Hath his tankard touch’d your brain?
Sure they’re fall’n asleep again.
TANKARDS.
WILLIAM III. 1701.
Maker, David Williams. Scroll handle with applique row of rosettes.
CHARLES II. 1679.
Chased acanthus leaf handle with beaded ornament. Lower part chased with acanthus leaves.