A pre-Imperial Irish straight-sided mug of Irish pint capacity
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Irish Mugs: Lots 53 - 65
A pre-Imperial Irish straight-sided mug of Irish-pint capacity
With two equally spaced bands of incised lines to drum, stamped M Murphy 53 City Quay, double-curve handle with fish-tail terminal, maker's stamp inside base of Silvester Savage, Dublin, (w.1788-1827), (PS 8228), capacity 15 fl.oz., height 11cm
Sold for £350 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Richard Mundey, purchased 1978.

    Literature: Illustrated D.W.Hall, Irish Pewter A History, pl. 5, p. 14.

Category: Decorative Arts / Pewter

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