THE SILVER MOUNT STRUCK TWICE WITH THE MARK OF JOHN HARVEY (I), LONDON, CIRCA 1750

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A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED LEATHER BOMBARD
THE SILVER MOUNT STRUCK TWICE WITH THE MARK OF JOHN HARVEY (I), LONDON, CIRCA 1750
Bearing a label 'STEPHENSON MEMORIAL HALL EXHIBITION, CHESTERFIELD, 1897. Pro No. 3... Exhibitor Sir T.J. Downes 348'
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Sir T.J. Downes, circa 1897. Acquired from Barry Sainsbury, 4 May 1970.

Exhibited

Stephenson Memorial Hall Exhibition, Chesterfield, 1897.

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Lot Essay

Such handsome leather jugs or bombards, serving as 4 quart ale measures often formed part of the ornamental furniture of the Servants Hall (O. Baker, Black Jacks & Leather Bottells, London, 1921). A pair of large 19th Century blackjacks commissioned by the Ogilvie family with mounts by Thomas Clark, Edinburgh, was acquired by John, 4th Marquess of Bute, for Dumfries House, Scotland (Dumfries House, Christie's London, sale catalogue, 12-13 July 2007, lot 1).

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