A George II English provincial silver straight-tapered tankard by Isaac Cookson, Newcastle 1732, with a double domed cover, an open scroll thumb piece, a double scroll handle with a heart terminal, a moulded girdle and a spreading foot, engraved MR DH & MW to DH Jue. 23 1734 to the handle, later engraved Sir John Fry Bt. From his Co-Directors Shipley Collieries 1923-1944 beneath, 18cm (7in) high, 735g (23.6 oz)