A MARINE SOCIETY MUG

CIRCA 1795

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A MARINE SOCIETY MUG
CIRCA 1795
The crest a globe on a wooden stand with pennants, one the Union flag, the supporters sailors holding lead weights, on the shield a British ship beneath a pair of anchors
4¾ inches (12 cm) high

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Lot Essay

Apparently a small, graduated set of these mugs was ordered, by a person or Society unidentified as yet, Howard suggests possibly in celebration of the impending British Union of 1800 (op cit, vol I, p 759), where the author illustrates one from a private collection and cites another, slightly larger, sold Sotheby's London, 27 October 1970.

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