A Pre-Imperial straight-sided pint mug, circa 1750
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A Pre-Imperial straight-sided pint mug, circa 1750
The plain body engraved David Fraser at ye Dundee Arms Plough Ally Wapping, touchmark inside base I. WYNN probably John Wynn, (w.1740-1778), (PS 10393), crowned WR mark to collar, S-curve handle with tongue thumbrest and hooded ball terminal, and ownership triad DFE, extensive nature's gilding throughout, height 11.8cm
Sold for £562 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: The Sandy Law Collection, Phillips, Chester, September 1997, lot 121.

    The Dundee Arms in Wapping - the latter a centre for ship-building and the victualling and supplying of ships - was used between 1747 and 1763 as a meeting place for the Masonic Lodge which came to be known as the Old Dundee Lodge (18).

Category: Decorative Arts / Pewter

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