A George III sterling silver tankard, London 1769 by John King

Of baluster from upon a spreading circular foot, the hinged double domed lid raised by an openwork ‘chair back’ thumbpiece, with moulded hinges upon a double C scroll handle, terminating in a gadrooned scroll moulded terminal. An applied central girdle, the lid with incised concentric circles. The front engraved with a contemporaneous coat of arms surmounted by a crest of a stag trippant, all reserved within a rococo cartouche of rocaille C scroll and foliage, the tips of the lower C scrolls with icicles below pediment sections. Fully marked underneath and to the lid interior.

Height – 20.3 cm / 8 inches

Weight – 875 grams / 28.13 ozt

The arms and crest are for Robinson

Probably for one of three sons of William Robinson (1675-1720) and Anne Walters (1677-1730):

Sir Thomas Robinson, 1^st Bt (1703-1777)

Sir William Robinson, 2^nd Bt. (1704-1785)

Most Rev. Richard Robinson, 3^rd Baronet then 1^st Baron Rokeby (1708-1794)

Thomas married Lady Elizabeth Howard (1701-1739), daughter of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (1669-1738) and Lady Anne de Vere Capell (d.1752) on 25^th October 1728 at Belfrey's, York, Yorkshire, England. He married, secondly a Sarah Booth at Barbados, she did not return to England with him. He died on 3 March 1777 at Chelsea, London, England, without issue. His brothers were unmarried and died without issue. Without a Baronet’s augmentation or a cadency mark it is impossible to say which brother this belonged to without contemporary evidence.