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MARK OF JONAH CLIFTON, LONDON, 1717
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A GEORGE I SILVER BEER JUG
MARK OF JONAH CLIFTON, LONDON, 1717
Of baluster form with everted rim, raised on a short molded foot and with capped scroll handle, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a strapwork and foliate cartouche, marked on underside
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.); 14 oz. 14 dwt. (456 gr.)
The arms are those of Harrison of Dow Hill, co. Kent.
MARK OF JONAH CLIFTON, LONDON, 1717
Of baluster form with everted rim, raised on a short molded foot and with capped scroll handle, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a strapwork and foliate cartouche, marked on underside
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.); 14 oz. 14 dwt. (456 gr.)
The arms are those of Harrison of Dow Hill, co. Kent.
Provenance
Acquired from James Robinson, Inc., New York, September 1976.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 390, no. 434 (illustrated in color, p. 390).
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