Lot 397
A GEORGE II MUG
DOUGAL GED, EDINBURGH 1734
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£1,750
Description
Assay Master Archibald Ure, the body of slight baluster form with slightly flared rim and engraved crest and motto, resting on a socle foot, with simple S scroll handle with plain thumb piece
Dimensions
Height: 7.5cm, weight: 5oz
Footnote
Heraldry: With crest and motto of VIRTUTI FORTUNA COMES
Fortune is the attendant of virtue for MAYNE of Powis and Logie, Clackmannanshire, derived from the MAINS of Lochwood, co. Stirling
Provenance:
Pheonix Collection
Lyon & Turnbull 30th November 2010, lot 310
Literature:
'Compendium of Scottish Silver II' R & J Dietert, illustrated plate 54, listed page 363