Antique tankards in silver with interesting motifs and decorations. At least I think they are interesting.

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Cymric tankard. Silver decorated with enamel, featuring pear-shaped cabochons of azurmalachite and lapis lazuli. 1902. Arts and Crafts. Scottish/Manx. Designed by Archibald Knox (1864-1933) for Liberty of London, Ltd. Birmingham. Marked CYMRIC. Image © Bonhams 2001-2023. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28361/lot/3/an-english-arts-and-crafts-enamel-decorated-silver-cymric-tankard-designed-by-archibald-knox-by-liberty-and-co-ltd-birmingham-1902/
Antique horse race tankard with a German Imperial Association. Silver with straight and paneled sides with a low-relief frieze with branch borders depicting galloping riders, racing through the countryside with trees and buildings in the background. Split mounted s-scroll handle with thumb rest, the bottom with an applied branch and leaf border and open supports. Hinged cover that is bellied with imbricated leaf rim; on top is a cast finial in the form of a mounted jockey and an engraved phrase citing Kaiser Wilhelm I in an illusion to an officers race in Meresberg, a town in what is now south-western Germany. The inscribed phrase reading: Kaiser Wilhelm dem Sieger in dem Offizier-Rennen zu Meresburg am 2 Juni 1878. Unmarked. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2023. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/antique-horse-race-tankard-german-imperial-association/id-f_31880352/#skuId=f_31880352S1

Silver tankard. 1878. Made in Moscow, Russia by Ivan Kuzminin. Maker’s marks: stamped MOSCOW 1878. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2023. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/serving-pieces/tankard-ivan-kuzminin-1875-1895-moscow-1878/id-f_32151442/#skuId=f_32151442S1

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