George II Silver Jug by Richard Bayley, London 1732
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A George II silver jug, maker's mark of Richard Bayley, London 1732, the plain tapering cylindrical body with ribbed girdle, the stepped domed cover cast with scroll thumbpiece, scroll handle with heart shaped terminal on moulded foot (adapted from a tankard), engraved to base with initials Hw and scratch weight 27-16. Height 19 cm, weight 872g. Provenance: The Estate of L J J Crofton, Canberra
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- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
- Tankard - A tankard is a drinking vessel for beer, ale, and cider, similar in shape to a large mug, and usually with a hinged lid. Silver tankards were in use in Britain and other parts of Europe from at least the sixteenth century, pewter tankards probably from the thirteenth. In the 19th century a number of ornately carved ivory tankards were produced, but these were designed to demonstrate the skill of the carver, rather than for day to day use. The shapes of tankards vary, sometimes globular, sometimes a tapering concave. For those with lids, the lid usually includes a thumbpiece that the drinker can hold down to keep the lid open. Variation in the design of the thumbpiece include wedge, ball and wedge, ball, hammer head, bud and wedge, double volute (scroll), chair-back, ball and bar, shell, double acorn, corkscrew, and ram's horn.
- George Ii - George II (1683 - 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 until his death in 1760.
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