A Queen Anne Scottish silver straight-tapered tankard by James Mitchellsone

A Queen Anne Scottish silver straight-tapered tankard by James Mitchellsone, Edinburgh 1712, assay master Edward Penman, with an acorn finial to the double domed cover, an S-scroll handle, a moulded girdle and foot, engraved with a quartered coat-of-arms, a shield verso, 22cm (8 3/4in) high, 987g (31.75 oz)The coat-of-arms for DOUGLAS quartering MAR for William, 2nd Earl of March (1696-1731). He succeeded his father in 1705 and married Anne Hamilton, Countess of Ruglen (born 5th April 1698). The opposing shield is for GARVEY.