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The maker's mark on this caster is recorded in Jackson, Ian Pickford ed., p. 637 as being on a sugar caster of the same date, possibly the present example
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A WILLIAM III IRISH SILVER SUGAR CASTER
maker's mark of George Lyng, Dublin, 1699
Slender pear-shaped and on spreading circular foot, chased with bands of flutes and stylised foliage, the gadrooned domed cover with bayonet fittings and partly fluted baluster finial, pierced with vases of flowers, marked on body, base and cover - 7¼in. (18.5cm.) high
6ozs. (188grs.)
maker's mark of George Lyng, Dublin, 1699
Slender pear-shaped and on spreading circular foot, chased with bands of flutes and stylised foliage, the gadrooned domed cover with bayonet fittings and partly fluted baluster finial, pierced with vases of flowers, marked on body, base and cover - 7¼in. (18.5cm.) high
6ozs. (188grs.)