All you Need to Know about Tankards and Hipflask Gifts
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All you Need to Know about Tankards and Hipflask Gifts
Tankards and Hip Flasks have histories all of their own. They are still used today and make ideal gifts as they can be personalised.
Hip flasks have been around since the Middle Ages, when they were said to have carried prepared fruit.
Later in the 18th century they were used by members of the gentry. They have been made from a variety of matierals including pigs bladders. Alcohol was smuggled onto warships by women using hip flasks hidden in their petty coats. Older hip Flasks made from precious metals are now sought after collectors items.
A Tankard was also a historic drinking vessel usually to carry alcoholic beverages such as beer and ale. The tankard was widely used in northern Europe especially Scandinavia, Germany, and Great Britain.
Tankards were also used in colonial America from the second half of the 16th century until the end of the 18th century. There were many different designs and as time progressed many more appeared being made from various materials.
The body was usually cylindrical, with a hinged lid, with or without ornate finial, generally a thumb piece, and a handle that is often in a scroll shape. On the handles of many 17th- and 18th-century tankards were whistles that were used for summoning waiters.
Though they were sometimes made of horn, carved ivory, pottery, and porcelain with metal mounts, tankards most often were made from precious metals especially silver, and pewter. Larger tankards were used in the late 17th century certain commissioned by corporate bodies or guilds for presentation and ceremonial use. Reproductions of traditional tankard styles date from the 19th century and continue to be produced in the 20th century.
Thesedays tankards and hip flasks are available in stainless steel, pewter or a combination of both. There are a variety of sizes, and styles, and most can be engraved.
If you are looking for a very special gift for a wedding, christening or baptism, 18th, 21st in fact any important occasion that you need to buy a gift for then why not buy engraved tankard or hip flask.
They make good presets for best man and ushers at weddings as the recipience can keep the gift but also use it in the practical sense if they wish to. Photographs and text can be professionally engraved onto tankards transforming it into not only historic but a personalised keepsake gift.
Many online shops sell tankards and hip flasks in pewter and steel which are engraved completely free of charge and many will deliver it from England to anywhere in the world.
Specialised technology and a professional and artistic engraver can enable your gift to be engraved exactly how you want it. A unique engraved tankard or hip flask gift is perfect for any special occasion.
Most sellers will also give simple instructions on their web site regarding cleaning the tankards and keeping it looking new.
A small tankard is perfect for baby events such as baby christening, baptism or naming ceremony. The special birthday tankards for 18th and 21st usually have numbered keys for handles.
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