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Lot 263

A GEORGE III SILVER MUG OF HEAVY GAUGE

MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1799

Closed4 August 2009

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GBP 625

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A GEORGE III SILVER MUG OF HEAVY GAUGE
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1799
The plain, tapering sides with two ribbed bands, gilt interior; together with a George III silver cream jug, mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1808, squat circular, with an applied foliate girdle, the rim with a band of tongue motifs, one side inscribed Present from Lord Cawdor underneath the initials MCS
respectively 4¾ in. (12.2 cm.) high and 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long
23.5 oz. (729 gr.) (2)