A set of four mid-Victorian lacquered brass alloy Imperial Standard fluid measures, for the City of Carlisle, dated 1871All unusually also marked 'J. IRVING ESQ MAYOR'
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A set of four mid-Victorian brass alloy Imperial Standard fluid measures, for the City of Carlisle, dated 1871
All unusually also marked 'J. IRVING ESQ MAYOR'
All numbered 1994, and marked Imperial Standard Four Fluid Ounce, Two Fluid Ounce, One Fluid Ounce and Half Fluid Ounce, each stamped with one 'VR' cipher, Four Fluid Ounce diameter 5.2cm
Sold for £1,187 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • On the death of John Irving in 1878 the Carlisle Patriot noted in a long obituary that Irving, a grocer of Longtown, who was twice mayor of the City of Carlisle, had 'filled a foremost place in the little circle of Carlisle affairs' and that 'he would be something of a cynic who yesterday heard unmoved that Mr John Irving had passed away.'

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