Drawings Engraved silver tankard, gift of Charles II
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.64
Artist/Designer/Maker
Worrall, J - Lithographer
Production date
1878
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Lithography
Lithography
Dimensions
Height: 446mm
Width: 285mm
Width: 285mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
INSCRIPTION ON TANKARD
Given by King Charles IInd
at the Restoration,
to F. Wolf of Madeley,
(with the crest
a demi wolf supporting the crown,)
in whose barn he had been secreted
after the defeat of Worcester.
1680.
IN POSSESSION OF
WILLIAM RATHBONE, ESQ.
OF GREEN BANK,
LIVERPOOL
Given by King Charles IInd
at the Restoration,
to F. Wolf of Madeley,
(with the crest
a demi wolf supporting the crown,)
in whose barn he had been secreted
after the defeat of Worcester.
1680.
IN POSSESSION OF
WILLIAM RATHBONE, ESQ.
OF GREEN BANK,
LIVERPOOL
Inscription content
JM
Inscription content
J. WORRALL LITH.
Inscription content
Woolfe Bequest. 1878.
References
Reference (free text)
Pamela J Willetts, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (Woodbridge: D S Brewer, 2000), pp. 295-6.
Reference (free text)
Geoffrey Allen-Woolfe and Reginald Rathbone, The Story of a Royal Tankard (1661-1702): The Enigma of Charles II's Gift to Francis Wolfe of Madeley (1975).