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TWO GEORGE II IRISH SILVER MUGS
THE FIRST CORK, CIRCA 1730, MAKER'S MARK IR IN AN OVAL, PROBABLY FOR JOHN RICKETTS, THE SECOND MAKER'S MARK OF BARTHOLOMEW MOSSE, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1735
Baluster, on spreading bases, with tubular scroll handles, engraved with crests, marked on rims, the first marked STERLING and with maker's mark, with second with maker's mark struck thrice--the first 4 1/2in. (11.4cm.) high
(18oz., 572gr.)
THE FIRST CORK, CIRCA 1730, MAKER'S MARK IR IN AN OVAL, PROBABLY FOR JOHN RICKETTS, THE SECOND MAKER'S MARK OF BARTHOLOMEW MOSSE, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1735
Baluster, on spreading bases, with tubular scroll handles, engraved with crests, marked on rims, the first marked STERLING and with maker's mark, with second with maker's mark struck thrice--the first 4 1/2in. (11.4cm.) high
(18oz., 572gr.)
Provenance
The second: The Estate of Mrs. C.J. Devine, Sr., Christie's, New York, October 15, 1985, lot 1146 (one of a pair).