A GEORGE I SILVER HOT MILK JUG
A GEORGE I SILVER HOT MILK JUG
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A GEORGE I SILVER HOT MILK JUG

MARK OF THOMAS MASON, LONDON, 1719

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A GEORGE I SILVER HOT MILK JUG
MARK OF THOMAS MASON, LONDON, 1719
Octagonal baluster form, the body engraved with the coat-of-arms, engraved E * B under base, marked underneath and on flange
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high, 16 oz. 18 dwt. (526.7 gr.) gross weight

The arms are for a maiden of the the Barker family, Suffolk. The arms are recorded for Sir Robert Barker (d.1619) of Trimley, Suffolk, High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1616.
Provenance
Acquired from James Robinson inc., New York, July 1972.
Birthday and wedding anniversary gifts from David Rockefeller to Peggy Rockefeller.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 388, no. 429.
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