., and the piece also bears the stamped marks of Britannia and the lion’s head erased, denoting the higher standard. The date letter is for 1705. This is typically Queen Anne style, and is a year after Marlborough’s great victory at Blenheim. The scroll handle is massive and the terminal is level with the base. The marks are illustrated at the foot of the page, and can be seen clearly on the body of the piece below the cover. It is an extremely interesting specimen, worthy of the cabinet of the collector. The thumb-piece is in the form of a convoluted scroll resembling the shell-like ornament placed on early salt cellars. It is essentially a metal-worker’s device, but it may be remarked that in salt cellars of faience the same ornament is used. The Lambeth delft salt cellar of the late seventeenth century, illustrated on [page 161], indicates this parallel between the potter and the silversmith.
QUEEN ANNE TANKARD.
With Exeter marks for 1705. Maker’s mark Ao. Including the Higher Standard marks.
(Illustrated above.)
(By courtesy of Spencer Cox, Esq.)
