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A Pair of George II Silver Jugs

A Pair of George II Silver Jugs

London, 1745
Maker's Mark of Richard Gurney and Thomas Cooke

Height: 28cm, 11 in
Weight: 2838 g, 91 oz

Baluster form, with leaf-clad scroll handle and spout with moulded drop, a hinged cover with bud finial, the sides engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto within a rococo cartouche.

The arms are those of Mason with a crescent for difference denoting a second son, and with those of others on an escutcheon of pretence.
 

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