Featured Mystery Antique Tankard

This appears to be a large (6” tall, 6 inches across the bottom, weight 2 lbs.) tankard of some sort. Looks to be copper, it appears to have hand carved fish, rabbits, and flower decorations.










Any Clues where or when this came from?

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Middle Eastern? Persia, perhaps?

 

The designs were chased not carved.

 

Just a guess, but I think UK and very old going by how much tinning has gone.

 

I love it Rick, and it has a respectable age. Could be ca 1800, or even older.
I'm with whit, Middle Eastern. Could also be Ottoman Turkish or Ottoman occupied regions.
Palestine used a lot of fish imagery, and I've seen similar top rims on Ottoman tankards. The wide base is also a feature of tankards from the general region.

 

Funnily enough, I thought British too, the salmon and hare thing.

 

That thing is enormous! Gotta hold a quart an' a half, easy. Could it be anything other than a drinking vessel? Hard to imagine what else, but...

 

Me, three.

 

whit and I could be wrong too, we have yet to find the exact same one, or one close enough.