Lot Essay
Howard explains (ibid) that the Friendly Society of Caulkers acted as a guild or company, the initials WS on this mug possibly for the Master
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CIRCA 1795
Details
A RARE CAULKERS' SOCIETY MUG
CIRCA 1795
With an intricate coat-of-arms showing caulker crest and supporters and tools of the trade with the mottos Vigeur, verite, concorde, depeche and Main et coeur and in a ribbon below Instituted October 3rd 1794
4 5/8 inches (11.7 cm) high
CIRCA 1795
With an intricate coat-of-arms showing caulker crest and supporters and tools of the trade with the mottos Vigeur, verite, concorde, depeche and Main et coeur and in a ribbon below Instituted October 3rd 1794
4 5/8 inches (11.7 cm) high
Provenance
The François and Nicole Hervouët Collection, Belgium
Literature
Illustrated by Howard, op cit, vol II, p 649
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