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Cream Jug

Marked by: Eliza Godfrey (first mark entered 1741)
English (London)
about 1745
Object Place: Europe, London, England

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions 11.3 x 7.9 x 10.4 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Weight: 164.4 gm (5 oz 6 dwt)
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number1975.19
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionThe raised pear-shaped body rests on three cast hooved feet. The cast handle is in the form of a snake with its head resting on the cut and shaped rim.
Marks On underside, maker's mark EG (Grimwade 591)
InscriptionsEngraved on body, KG in cipher.
ProvenanceProperty of H. Warhurst, Esq.; Sold Sotheby's, London, October 17, 1978, lot 167; Thomas Lumley, Ltd., London, purchased February 25, 1975, Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour. (Accession Date: February 25, 1975)