Lot 299
A George I tumbler cup
Auction: 16 August 2010 at 15:00 BST
Description
by Henry Bethune, Edinburgh 1717 - 1718, Assay Master Edward Penman, the slightly baluster body with everted flared lip, the rounded base with slight flat bottomed section, the body engraved with crest and motto above, interior gilded
Dimensions
7.6cm diameter of rim, 4oz
Footnote
Heraldry: with crest and motto of JUVANT ASPERA Danger delights for SSETON-STEUART, of Allanton, Lanarkshire : Baronetcy created 22 May 1815
Notes: while the marks are slightly worn to this piece the dating evidence is helped greatly by the shape of Edward Penman's Assay Masters punch, this punch is known to change with different cycles of his tenure as Assay Master and seems it place it very close to 1717.
References:
'Compendium of Scottish Silver II' R & J Dietert, illustrated plate 19, listed page 200