A SMALL ARMORIAL MUG
A SMALL ARMORIAL MUG

CIRCA 1755

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A SMALL ARMORIAL MUG
CIRCA 1755
The arms of Wordie of Scotland in front showing thistles and motto NIL INDIGNE, spring flower sprays on the sides in colored enamels, plain arched handle
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Probably made for John Wordie of Torbrex, known, D. S. Howard writes, as an ardent Jacobite (op. cit., vol.II, p. 311.)

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