MARK OF JOSEPH GWYNN, BERMUDA, CIRCA 1805

The monogram JEPH refers to John Hunt and Elizabeth Poulton Hunt (née Dalzell, 1786-1849). For further information about Elizabeth see cat. note for lot 769.

The maker of the present lot, Joseph Gwynn, b. 1783, St. George was from a family of early settlers to Bermuda in 1620. Gwynn Advertised his business in 1813 in Port Royal and was hanged in 1826.