Tankard Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Cheery Families - Mr Butt the Brewer. 1890s

Munich Bierkeller C1905
The Hofbrauhaus-Saal, Munchen

Dolly of the Chop House
Wily owner of the chop house in Queen s-head-passage, London, Dollys fame was such that she is remembered in print. Here she pours herself a medicinal drop of something

Teenage barmaid, Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall
Teenage barmaid at the Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Champion Beer Drinker
A German champion beer drinker downs a huge tankard of beer!

Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621
A man fills a tankard of beer from a small keg, as various men sit or stand around drinking. Date: 1621

Two women in fancy dress with tankards
Two women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928

Drunk man amazed his tankard contains beer and not coffee
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a very drunk man amazed that his tankard contained beer and not coffee

Sing a Song of Sixpence -- the king cuts into his pie, and the blackbirds start to sing. 19th century

Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline Baynes
A Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Tatler cover - Britain abstains from drinking, WW1
Not during the war, thank you. Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a bulldog, representing Great Britain, refusing a tankard of frothy beer

Advert / Van Velsen Beer
Poster for Van Velsens Beer from Belgium

Elinor Rumming, Ale-Wife
Elinor Rumming, the famous ale wife of England

Two Scottish frogs on a New Year card
Two Scottish frogs in tartan on a New Year card in the shape of a tankard with two handles. Date: circa 1890s

Eleanor Rumming, the famous alewife of England
Eleanor Rumming, the (fictional) famous alewife of England, illustration to a poem by John Skelton, Poet Laureate to King Henry VIII. 16th century

Comic postcard, Obese man drinking in pub. Yes, and his wifes a skinny little woman - flat as a pancake! Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Happy Robbers (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, The Happy Robbers -- John Bright as Falstaff and William Gladstone as Prince Hal (Henry IV) in a Shakespearean scene

Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy... Date: circa 1900

Beer Is Best Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration promoting Beer Is Best, showing a glass tankard of beer on a surface, to the side the message to set a man up for the winter, is scrawled on the window. Date: circa 1939

The Begonias
A still life painting of red and white begonia flowers in a large, simple tankard, beside a bowl of similar style, sat on top of a blue, striped fabric. Date: circa 1915

Beer
A painting of a rather large man, wearing a green waistcoat and white feathered hat, enjoying a tankard of beer. Date: circa 1914

P & O Lines - miscellaneous items
P & O Lines - miscellaneous plated ware, 3d items and shipboard souvenirs. Date: 20th century

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - tankard and coin
Captain Treasure Jones Archive - RMS Queen Mary maiden voyage brass commemorative coin, and a pewter tankard

RMS Mauretania souvenirs, tankard and lighthouse
RMS Mauretania souvenirs, pewter tankard and brass lighthouse

Royal Regalia 5 and 6 - spoon, cellars, flagon, tankard

Davenports Hop Ale (Tankard logo)

Davenports Hop Ale (15 tankard label)

Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men chatting in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men chatting at a funeral Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman complains about husband Date: 20th century

Father and son in traditional Dutch costume, by Dudley Hardy - Union Jack Club Date: 1907

Comic postcard, Women and man in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance campaigner in pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance argument for water, not beer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump man drinking in pub Date: 20th century

Street Life London 1878 - The Wall Worker
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - The Wall Worker

The Farmers Wife, The Devonshire Comedy by Eden Phillpotts, at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two soldiers in the British Army, WW2 - chatting outside the Canteen. Date: circa 1940s

Photograph of Tankard PH, Walworth, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Sketch of Tankard PH, Kennington, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Tankard

Photograph of Tankard PH, Kennington, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug. Apprentices and dandies ice skating on a frozen canal 82, woman with kettle at a frozen waterpump in a cold winter 83

German womens costumes of the late 15th century. In dress adorned with gold on the collar and sleeves. From a painting in the collection of Katharina Sattler, Mainburg Castle

Beer is Best. Back cover of a booklet, part of the Brewers Society marketing campaign during the 1930s, featuring an illustration of a cool, refreshing glass tankard of beer. Date: c.1935

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