Lot 91
A pair of George II baluster mugs
Auction: 16 August 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
Ebenezer Oliphant, Edinburgh 1743, Assay Master Edward Lothian, of slender slight baluster form with slightly everted rim, simple cast C scroll handle with plain chamfered thumbpiece, on reeded spreading foot rim, original owner's initials JE, in contemporary engraved script to base and with later engraved initials AM / H in script to body (2)
Dimensions
9cm high, 11oz combined
Footnote
Note: Ebenezer Oliphant was the maker of the travelling canteen given to Prince Charles Edward Stewart, which is rightly considered one of the finest examples of mid 18th century Scottish silver work. This can be seen on display in the National Museum of Scotland and also featured in Ian Findlay's Scottish Gold and Silverwork.
Oliphant is considered to be one of the few true Jacobite silversmiths whose allegance to the Jacobite cause can be easily seen through his patrons of the time, unlike many other silversmiths whose political leanings seem to equally follow their possible commissions and work.