Lot Essay
The initials of the first rummer are reputed to be those of Captain William Norris R.N.
LATE 18TH CENTURY AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
An engraved rummer and a plain rummer
Late 18th Century and early 19th Century
The first engraved with a ship passing beneath Sunderland Bridge within an oval dot cartouche, the reverse with the initials WN within a sunray cartouche, on a square lemon-squeezer foot, 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; the second with a pointed oviform bowl, on a stepped square base, 63/8 in. (16 cm.) high (2)
Late 18th Century and early 19th Century
The first engraved with a ship passing beneath Sunderland Bridge within an oval dot cartouche, the reverse with the initials WN within a sunray cartouche, on a square lemon-squeezer foot, 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; the second with a pointed oviform bowl, on a stepped square base, 63/8 in. (16 cm.) high (2)
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