Mug
Mug
Mug

Mug

Collection object


1997.0246
D. foot 7.2, above foot 5.0, base of body 8.1 tapering to 6.6, rim 7.0.
H. base to rim 11.5 Wt. 263.2
Mug, Limerick silver by Joseph Johns. Trumpet foot, with slightly tapered body and slightly flared everted rim; double scroll handle, fixed below the rim, but rising slightly above rim. Engraved opposite the handle, a shield with crest of a demi-lion rampant; on shield l. a lion rampant r. a deer lying down under a canopy with drapes; motto under "Virtute et Valore". Maker's mark on base "I [lion rampant] I"; Joseph Johns. "9oz" scratched on base.


Earl of Dunraven (associated with)
Joseph Johns (silversmith)