Antique 1712 English Queen Anne Britannia Sterling Silver Tankard Stein Payne branch The serving fork has some

The serving fork has some slight bending on the ends of the tines

Each piece is hallmarked on the underside with the lion passant for sterling silver

We show the plate with the visible rim chip and the most discolored/crazed plate in the eighth photograph

complete with texturing and veining

The sapphires are in excellent condition as well

Antique 1712 English Queen Anne Britannia Sterling Silver Tankard Stein Payne branch The serving fork has somePresented is a rare Queen Anne period sterling silver tankard made by Humphrey Payne. This large, heavy weight tankard is masterfully wrought in Britannia standard 958 purity silver, a higher silver purity than even sterling silver. It has handsome gadrooned decoration on both the base and the lid and an elegant fluted thumbpiece with scrolls on the edges. There is a monogram on the handle of the letter W over the letters I and M in block script. This