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Victorian sterling silver hunt scene tankard, english hallmarked for London 1869.  

The silversmith is Robert Harper of Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London, whose work dated circa 1853-82.  The tankard is also engraved by the retailer on the bottom:

Manoah Rhodes & Son, Silversmiths Bradford.  

Manoah Rhodes (1810-1881) was a prolific jeweller in northern England, establishing his own business in 1836.

This exuberantly decorated tankard depicts hounds chasing a hare on 2/3 of the body with an extensive presentation engraving on the reverse.  The animals, trees and rolling hills are chased in high relief on a Georgian baluster shaped tankard, with a decorated pedestal foot. The applied S and C scroll handle is topped with a chased acanthus leaf thumb grip.  The interior is gold washed and in good condition.

The “attached” best friends of a groom are honouring their friend and welcoming him to the state of marriage.

The lengthy inscription reads as follows:

BA (super-imposed)

Presented To

B. Abela Esq.

On The Occasion Of His Marriage 

by his Attached Friends,

Fred Wallace, & Arthur Marsdin,

Bradford,   *

February 1872.

5 1/8” (13cm) high, 5 1/4” (13.4cm) diameter across the tankard and handle.

315.2 grams

$3150.

* Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England, birthplace of the Bronte sisters.