| A Tankard is a historic drinking vessel usually to carry | | | | especially silver, and pewter. Larger tankards were |
| alcoholic beverages such as beer and ale, and was | | | | used in the late 17th century certain commissioned by |
| widely used in northern Europe (especially Scandinavia, | | | | corporate bodies or guilds for presentation or |
| Germany, and the British Isles). Also used in colonial | | | | ceremonial use. Reproductions of traditional tankard |
| America from the second half of the 16th century until | | | | styles date from the 19th century and continue to be |
| the end of the 18th century. | | | | produced in the 20th century. |
| The body was usually cylindrical, with a hinged lid, with | | | | If you are looking for a very special gift; for a wedding, |
| or without ornate finial, generally a thumb piece, and a | | | | christening or baptism, 18th, 21st in fact any important |
| handle that is often in a scroll shape. On the handles of | | | | occasion that you need to buy a gift for then why not |
| many 17th- and 18th-century tankards were whistles | | | | consider an engraved tankard? |
| that were used for summoning waiters. | | | | Photographs and text can be professionally engraved |
| Though they were sometimes made of horn, carved | | | | onto the tankard gift, transforming it into not only |
| ivory, pottery, and porcelain (with metal mounts), | | | | historic but a personalized keepsake gift. |
| tankards most often were made from precious metals | | | | |