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Lion-Tankard

James Cockburn, 1685

One of a pair of tankards made in Edinburgh. They have plain cable mouldings; the handles end in small shields and the thumb-pieces are formed as lions resting their forelegs on a ball. This tankard was stolen from the museum in the early 1990s. The other one of the pair is in the collection of the Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland.

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Title of artwork, date

Lion-Tankard, 1685

Date supported

1960

Medium and material

Silver

Dimensions

18 cm

Grant

1000

Total cost

5060

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