This elaborately decorated, silver, lidded tankard retains portions of its original gilding. It features a silver, sculptural lamb resting in a pasture at the center of the lid. The animal is lying in thick grass on a round pedestal attached to another flat circle. The outer part of the lid is decorated with a border of acanthus leaf scrollwork in extremely high relief.  Several small human figures emerge from the leaf designs, appearing like sleeping men and putti. The lid of the tankard is hinged above the handle, which is carved in worn, leaf scrollwork. The hinge has an upright silver pull attached to it that is decorated to resemble a bundle of leaves. The body of the round tankard is decorated with acanthus leaf design scrollwork in high relief. The scrollwork frames an annunciation scene. An angel, Archangel Gabriel, is seen on the right with billowing robes and outstretched wings. His left arm encircles his head and points at a woman, Mary, seated to his left and to a bird above him. The bird is in flight, with long outstretched wings and circular currents around it. A halo of short diagonal rays encircle the bird. The longest of the rays point toward Mary who is facing away from the arriving visitors. She is sitting in a chair in her bedroom with a book in her lap.  A canopied bed is visible in the background to the left, and a door and round window is visible to the right.  She turns her haloed head towards them as the angel and bird swoop in. Depth in the image is created by using parallel and perpendicular lines to simulate a tile floor stretching from the foreground to the building in the background.